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popular remedy known as witch hazel or Pond's extract ; prickly 

 ash, Xanthoxylum Americanum, also known as the toothache-tree 

 and Angelica-tree; Rhamnus Frangnla ; ceanothus, belonging 

 to the same family as the Rhamnus, and sometimes known as 

 New Jersey tea and red-root ; hydrangea ; and the shrubby 

 yellow-root. Along the brook referred to above will be found 

 additional medicinal plants, such as sweet flag and magnolia, 

 placed there on account of the moisture, which they require. 



At the extreme northern end of the series is a bed devoted to 

 condiments and relishes. Here will be found such old and well- 

 known plants as lovage, fennel, lavender, thyme, sage, spearmint, 

 nasturtium, mustard, horse-radish, anise, marjoram, savory, 

 balm, and caraway. In the brook will be found the common 

 water cress, Ror.pa Na tt rt 



To the west of the grass aisle are the food plants. Here are 

 plants which furnish some of our most well-known foods. These 

 have been grouped according to the part of the plant which is 

 used. Three of the beds are devoted to such plants as furnish roots, 

 tubers, corms or bulbs for food, or, in general, those in which the 

 underground parts are used. Among these may be mentioned the 

 potato, onion, leek, yam, oyster-plant, beet, carrot, radish, tur- 

 nip, parsnip, sweet potato, and Jerusalem artichoke. To plants 

 in which the stems or leaf-stalks are used a single bed is allotted. 

 Here will be found such common food plants as asparagus, 

 celery, rhubarb, kohl-rabi, and sea kale. The leaves of many 

 plants are used for food ; to such plants two beds are devoted. 

 Some of the commonest vegetables belong here, such as cabbage, 

 kale, Brussels sprouts, parsley, lettuce, spinach, dandelion, and 

 chicory. A small bed is devoted to such plants as furnish edible 

 flowers, represented here by broccoli, globe-artichoke, and cauli- 

 flower. To such plants as produce fruits, eleven beds are allotted. 

 Here many of our commonest foods will be found, such as the 

 egg-plant, tomato, okra or gumbo, peppers, squash, pumpkin, 

 cucumber, muskmelon, citron, and watermelon. Some of these, 

 as for example the tomato and egg-plant, may not be popularly 

 known as fruits, but they are strictly so, for a fruit is a product 

 derived directly by growth from the flower. These are usually 



