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modating themselves to their natural surroundings are 
shown. Further on to the right is the bed devoted to 
fruit-forms; and to the left of this, one showing various 
forms of seed-dispersal; those with the surface of the fruits 
covered with some sticky substance or curved appendages 
or hooked hairs or spines require the intervention of some 
animal for their distribution, while those with wings or 
with hairs attached to the seed are spread through the 
agency of the wind. To the right of the above are plants 
representing a species and a variety, and to the left of this 
is a bed containing plants showing species and hybrids. 
Another bed in this vicinity illustrates mutations. 
(c) Economic GARDEN 
The collections illustrating food plants and those produc- 
ing substances directly useful to man in the arts, sciences and 
industries are planted at the northern end of the long 
glade containing the herbaceous collections just described. 
The collection is arranged in two series divided by a central 
grass walk. The beds on each side are numbered consecu- 
tively, the number being indicated on a wooden stake in 
the center. A general sign is placed in each of the beds, 
denoting what its contents are intended to represent, and 
in front of each plant is a smaller label giving individual 
anformation. 
On the east side of a broad central grass path and the 
brook are located plants used for medicine, those employed 
as condiments or relishes, and a number of plants from 
which the fiber is used in the manufacture of various 
fabrics. The medicinal plants which grow in wet or moist 
situations may be found on the easterly side of the brook. 
Along the westerly border is also a collection of medicinal 
shrubs and trees. 
On the west side of the grass path and brook are the food 
plants. Here may be found many of the common fruits 
and vegetables. Along the gravel path is a collection of 
shrubs and trees, containing some of the more common 
plants producing edible nuts and fruits. 
