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Island Pine of popular appreciation. Two young trees, six to 
eight feet tall, grace the collection. 
Taking second place only to the ferns in richness of represen- 
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tation in this recent acquisition are the aroids. 12 genera and 
35 species this family adds many interesting a odd features 
Alocasia zebrina, a native of the Philippines, is ed ina 
pair of plants, the species deriving its nam e petioles of 
r. 
bachias may d iM 's, a native of Peru, and 
D. Barraquiniana, generally di ed in tropical America, with 
s ivory-white petioles. eae regale, a fine large-leave 
decorative ith one or two others, represents that genus 
ambusa arundinacea, of the East Indies, is the sole represent- 
ative o: y in the collecti When well grown, as 
is at Fairmount Park, it is most imposin T rge plant at 
en nice wn p 
about § feet tall, while the latter is a recently described plant 
from our own State of Florida. ae istona rotundifolia, a native 
of Java, which is aa much attention now as a house plant, 
comes in two large and well-grown specimens. Another palm, of 
rather difficult ee on hence correspondingly valuable, takes 
a prominent place in Licuala grandis, from the Bismarck Archi- 
pelago. 
The lily family is present in six genera and about 16 species 
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pecies. e orchids furnish 8 genera and 10 species, among 
them a specimen of the dove or holy-ghost flower, Peristeria elata, 
