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the wedge-leaved fog-fruit (Lippia) , from the western 

 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 spearmint, 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 Mediterranean region, highly prized by 

 the housewife, and other sages; catnip, a native of Europe, 

 but widely distributed as a weed in this country; Gill-over- 

 the-ground, or ground ivy, also a European plant, but exten- 

 sively 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 poison- 

 ous, a native of tropical regions, but a common weed along 

 our roadsides; the nightshade, a European plant, but com- 

 monly distributed as an introduction in many parts of this 

 country, also with poisonous fruit; tobacco plants and sola- 

 nums; 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 spe- 

 cies; the speedwells (Veronica), among them the long-leaved 

 speedwell and the gentian speedwell; the fox-gloves {Digi- 

 talis), 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 unicorn-plant family, represented by the unicorn-plant. 



