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with net-veined leaves, the lower forms being placed at the north 
end, and the sequence ending with the most highly developed, 
the Compositae, which oc Aes several beds at the southern end 
: : 
tervals, forming hole in wiih are grown in their sequence the 
aquatic representatives of the families on the pene sides of 
the stream. uring the past year there were grown in this plan- 
tation about 2100 species, representing 105 families 
a somewhat elevated eee its sandy and gravelly subsoil 
aa draining it and well adapting it for the cultivation of 
shrubs. As in the herbaceous grounds, the beds are syste- 
matically arranged and ead labeled, a large label indicating 
h plant. 
the family represented, with a smaller one for eac. 
low r forms, represented by t fe waxberries and upland willows, 
are te n the southeastern corner, the sequence thence pro- 
ceeding eee to the extreme limit of the area, then return- 
ing southward to the southern boundary, then again north, an 
nally terminating in the extreme southwestern corner with the 
Caprifoli aceae, or honeysuckle ae and the few shrubby Com- 
ositae. The Ericaceae, or hea — pais the huckle- 
berries, azaleas and ere ek are located on a steep bank 
the south side of the upper lake. “There are now in the 
eee about 330 species, representing 47 families 
The salicetum, which is located in the low around just north 
fntaeeting: family of plants. Here, as in the herbaceous grounds, 
many puzzling problems await solution, and the growing of the 
various species side by side will undoubtedly bring out facts 
throwing much light upon the subject. This plantation was laid 
out in the autumn of pecdak and at present contains only 4 species 
of poplars and 14 of wil 
The larger part of the region east of the Bronx comprising about 
acres is devoted to the deciduous arboretum, the sequence be- 
ginning just north of the southeastern entrance to the grounds, and 
