JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
Vou. IV. August, 1903. No, 44, 
THE HERBACEOUS GROUNDS. 
The accompanying illustration (Plate XVI.) presents a view of 
this plantation looking north from the elevation at the extreme 
southern end. One of the prettiest glades in the Garden is de- 
voted to this collection of hardy herbaceous plants; to see it at 
its best, a visit should be made late in the afternoon when the 
long-cast shadows of the fringing trees add a charm and repose 
not found during midday. During this cool hour a much better 
inspection can be made of the many species here brought together 
than during the glare of the earlier part of the day. 
The tract is divided into two portions by a brook which tra- 
verses it from north to south, the area to the east, devoted to the 
endogenous plants, being about one half of that to the west 
which contains the exogenous plants. Each side is bordered 
by a rocky ridge and a fringe of trees, the ground sloping from 
their bases gradually down into the stream. This varied topog- 
raphy permits of the growing of a large number of species, 
from the rock-loving and shade-loving forms to those desiring 
water. These aquatics conform to the sequence, which is that 
of Engler and Prantl’s ‘‘ Naturliche Pflanzenfamilien” occupy- 
ing the east or west side of the stream or its lagoons, depending 
‘ upon whether the plants are exogens or endogens. 
In the extreme southern end there is a natural shaded rockery, 
which has been extended, and in its completed form will make 
an ideal home for the ferns and their allies, many of which have 
already been brought together there. Following these in order 
on the east side of the glade are the grasses, sedges, rushes, lilies, 
amaryllids and orchids. 
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