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 Miscellaneous Collections 



Morphological Garden. There are twenty beds here, 

 one having been added the past year; this addition contains 

 plants illustrating species and hybrids. The plants employed 

 are: Hibiscus Moscheutos and H. oculiroseus, and a hybrid 

 between the two which originated on the grounds. There 

 have been 96 show labels added. 



Economic Garden. This is one of the collections that is 

 most attractive to the general public. There are 31 beds, 

 here, 24 devoted to food plants, 5 to medicinal plants, and 

 1 each to fiber plants and plants yielding condiments and 

 relishes. 172 show labels have been made for this collection. 



Desert Plants. In addition to the three beds formerly 

 given to this collection, two more were added, placed ob- 

 liquely to the others and paralleling the terrace. The large 

 center bed and the one immediately to the west contained 

 American desert plants ; that immediately to the east of the 

 center bed, such plants from southern Africa; in the west- 

 erly new bed were the desert plants from the Old World; 

 and in the corresponding bed on the other side of the court 

 was the orpine family, this illustrating a single family 

 with a distribution in both the Old World and the New. 

 This general collection of desert plants continues to be one 

 of the most attractive features of the institution. Especial 

 interest attached to it the past summer from the flowering 

 of the American century plant, Agave americana, which 

 attracted many visitors. 



Conservatory Lily Pools. Owing to a delay due to 

 necessary repairs in the westerly pool, the young lily plants 

 could not be set out as early as usual; in consequence, 

 the display of the tender lilies was not as great as in some 

 years past. The hardy lilies in the easterly pool bloomed 

 freely the entire summer. 



Aquatic Garden. This is being continually developed, 

 a large number of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants 

 having been added the past spring and fall. It is proving 

 one of the most attractive features of that part of the 



