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tern United States and Mexico and the vervains. We 
now come in the sequence to the mint family, to which are 
devoted six beds; among the true mints may be found here 
the creeping whorled mint, the curled mint and the spear- 
mint, all from the Old World. Many familiar plants may 
be seen in these beds, and among them are: the false 
dragon-head, of the United States; motherwort, common 
in Europe and widely distributed as a weed in this country 
along roadsides and in waste places; the horse-balm, of 
North America, common in the east in woods; Oswego tea, 
and other bergamots, natives of North America; the betony 
and hyssop, of Europe; the hedge-nettles, from both the 
Old World and the New; the common sage of the Medi- 
terranean region, highly prized by the housewife, and 
other sages; catnip, a native of Europe, but widely dis- 
tributed as a weed in this country; Gill-over-the-ground, 
or ground ivy, also a European plant, but extensively 
spread as a weed in this country; and the dittany, of 
North America. 
The potato family may be found a little to the left and 
just beyond the phlox family. Here may be seen the 
common jimson, or Jamestown, weed, the seeds of which 
are poisonous, a native of tropical regions, but a common 
weed along our roadsides; the nightshade, a European 
plant, but commonly distributed as an introduction in 
many parts of this country, also with poisonous fruit, 
tobacco plants and solanums; it is to this family that the 
potato, tomato and egg-plant belong. A little beyond 
and to the left of the mints are the two beds allotted to the 
figwort family; of interest here are: the beard-tongues, of 
which there are several species; the speedwells (Veronica), 
among them the long-leaved speedwell and the gentian 
speedwell; the fox-gloves (Digitalis), from one of which, 
the purple fox-glove, the valuable medicine digitalin is 
derived; Lyon’s snake-head from the southern states; 
culver’s-root, from the southeastern United States; and 
several figworts. Just beyond this may be found the 
