in the world. In its wild state it is a symmetrical tree with rich 

 dark green foliage, and fruit about the size of a plum. The 

 leaves when bruised exhale a disagreeable odor, on which ac- 

 count it has received from the natives the name of "stinking 



House No. 13. 

 This house bears the same relation to the temperate collec- 

 tions that house no. 4 does to the tropical, i. c, it contains such 



the other houses devoted to such collections. The plants here 

 are grouped in families. The monocotyledonous or endogenous 

 plants will be found on that side of the house next to house 

 no. 14, the dicotyledonous or exogenous plants occupying the 



On entering from house no. 14, immediately in front in the 

 central portion of the house is a group comprising the pine 

 family, Pinaceae, and the yew family, Taxaceae. The most con- 

 spicuous objects among the former are the members of the genus 

 Araucaria, which takes the place in the southern hemisphere oc- 

 cupied by the pines in the north. Prominent among these are 

 Araucana Brasiliana, from Brazil, attaining a height of one 

 hundred feet, A. Bidwillii, from Australia, closely related to the 

 former and much resembling it, but having the branches more 

 rigid and the leaves apparently in two ranks, and A. excclsa, 

 from Norfolk Island and Australia, common in cultivation under 

 the name of the Norfolk Island pine. Another member of the 

 pine family is represented by a small specimen of the Deodar 

 cedar, Cedrus Deodara; from the Himalayan region. 



The yew family, Taxaceae, has a number of representatives in 

 the genus Podocarpus, among them P. Purdieanus, P. neriifolius 

 and P. chinensis. They bear drupe-like fruits. 



In the corner to the right, opposite the pine family, is a small 

 collection of the lily family, Liliaceae, including plants of 

 Phormium tenax, the New Zealand flax, and its variegated variety 

 Veitchianum. On the trellis back of this is a member of the rose 

 family, Rosa laevigata, said to be a native of China and intro- 

 duced into our southern states, where it is certainly very much 



