the common sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, and the skunk's cab- 

 bage, Spathyemafoetida, are other well-known examples occurring ■ 

 in our own country. Many of these plants have corms, as is the 

 case in the jack-in-the-pulpit, and in the commonly cultivated 

 fancy caladiums, Caladium bicolor, of which specimens will be 

 found in this house during the growing season of these plants. 

 Plants with corms, whether tropical or temperate, usually have a 

 long resting period, and at such times are destitute of both 

 flowers and leaves. 



The habit of growth of these plants is quite varied. In some 

 it is tufted, while in others there is a long creeping stem, 

 with roots at intervals which enable them to climb up the trunks 

 of trees in the tropics, sometimes to a great height. The genera 

 Philodendron and Anthuriitm, the latter known as tail-flowers 

 from their long tail-like spadix, furnish examples of this. An 

 examination will show the great resemblance in inflorescence in 

 all the members of this family. There is the broad leaf-like 

 part, very variable as to both form and color, called the spathf 

 which is represented by the "pulpit" in our own jack-in-the- 

 pulpit ; and the usually long cylindrical portion, which also varies 

 much in color and form, called the spadix. These parts 

 tively are often spoken of as the flower, but this is err( 

 The true flowers are quite small and partially or completely 

 cover the surface of the spadix, their outlines being oftei 

 cated by more or less formal markings. Other members of this 

 family form a group in house no. 4. 



House No. 3. 

 Here will be found : the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, on 

 the central bench, and a portion of the north side bench ; on the 

 central bench will also be found the tacca family, Taccaceae, the 

 spiderwort family, Commelinaceae, and the arrow-root family, 

 Marantaceae ; on the north side bench, in addition to the ama- 

 ryllis family, are the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, and the banana 

 family, Musaceae ; on the south side bench are located the lily 

 family', Liliaceae, the iris family, Iridaceae, the screw-pine family, 

 Pandanaceae, and the bloodwort family, Haemodoraceae. 



