[Reprinted from the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 18: 65-68. March, 1917.] 







HARDY WOODY PLANTS IN THE NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL GARDEN 



George V. Nash 



The following is an enumeration of the hardy woody plants, 

 growing wild or cultivated, within the grounds of the New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



Systematic collections of trees and shrubs are maintained 

 here; in these the species are grouped in families and the botanical 

 relationship of the families indicated by juxtaposition. The 

 Pinetum is located near Conservatory Range I, in the area 

 between that range and the Museum Building, thence to the 

 east on the ridge west of the Herbaceous Grounds valley. Here 

 are to be found the conifers, yews, and ginkgo — plants evergreen 

 for the most part and commonly with narrow or needle-shaped 

 leaves; in the larch, Chinese larch and bald cypress the leaves 

 are deciduous, and in the ginkgo or maiden-hair tree the leaves 

 are fan-shaped. The Deciduous Arboretum occupies much of 

 the area to the east of the Bronx river; here are brought together 

 deciduous hardy woody plants of tree form. At the Fruti- 

 cetum, located on the level plain north of the lakes, is the col- 

 lection of shrubs or bushes. In the Salicetum, to the north of 

 the Fruticetum, is a collection of the poplars and willows. The 

 Viticetum, the home of the hardy woody vines, is near the north- 

 ern end of the ridge east of the Herbaceous Grounds valley. 



The specimens in these collections are plainly labeled, each 

 plant, where the determination is accurate, bearing a label giving 

 information as to the common name, botanical name, natural dis- 

 tribution, and the family to which the individual belongs. This 

 makes these collections of value for scientific study and in- 

 vestigation. To the horticulturist the collections are of especial 



