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natives of Europe, are pretty representatives here; the 
creeping bell-flower, or Canterbury bells, also a native of 
Europe, may be found here in several forms; the Japanese 
bell-flower and its white variety are also here, their large 
showy flowers making them quite conspicuous. A little 
further on and to the left is the lobelia family; the cardinal 
flower and the great lobelia, both natives of North America, 
make showy objects; the former is particularly striking 
in its rich masses of cardinal-red flowers. 
To the right of the teasel family is the chicory family. 
The common lettuce (Lactuca), so much used in salads, be- 
longs here; many of the plants are extremely weedy by 
nature, and this is particularly true of the hawkweeds, a 
genus richly represented in the Old World, several species 
of which are shown here; the oyster plant is also a member 
of this family. 
To the left of this may be found the ragweed family. 
All the species here are of a weedy nature. The ragweed, 
the giant ragweed and the common clot-blur find represen- 
tation here. Terminating the sequence comes the very 
large thistle family, represented by many species from all 
parts of the world; there are nine beds at present given over 
to these plants; the sunflowers, coneflowers, thistles, asters, 
fleabanes, yarrows, golden-rods, tansies, sneezeweeds, bur- 
docks, artemisias and wormwoods, cat’s-foot, tick-seeds, 
elecampane, boneset, chrysanthemums, colt’s-foot and 
many others are shown; the Jerusalem artichoke, one of the 
sun-flowers, a native of eastern North America, bears edible 
tubers. 
HerspacEous GarDEN PERGOLA 
A small, hexagonal, concrete pergola stands in a triangle 
formed by three paths in the forest edge on the eastern 
side of this plantation. 
(b) Morruotocica, GARDEN 
This is located to the north of the systematic collection, 
the two collections being separated by the driveway which 
