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and is confined to the area lying between the lakes, the rail- 

 road, the woodland on the east, and the north meadow. In 

 this collection are brought together all the hardy woody 

 plants which are shrubs, that is, plants with woody stems 

 which branch from the ground and have no single main stem. 

 The arrangement here parallels that in the herbaceous 

 grounds and in the other systematic collections. The 

 sequence begins on the southerly side near the large stone 

 bridge which crosses the Bronx River, and proceeds on both 

 sides of the path running to the north along the edge of the 

 woods, returning southward on both sides of the path paral- 

 leling the main north and south driveway, to the plum 

 family, on the bank overlooking the easterly lake. It then 

 crosses to the senna family directly opposite and overlooking 

 the westerly lake, proceeding northward from there across 

 the transverse driveway, and following the line of the path 

 paralleling to the westward the main north and south drive- 

 way. The sequence then continues to the westward along 

 the north path, again extending southward at the Woodlawn 

 Road entrance, continuing on both sides of the westerly path 

 and terminating with the thistle family at the westerly end 

 of the lake near the railroad border. The families will be 

 referred to below in this sequence. 



The pine family, represented by some of the low-growing 

 junipers and pines, begins the sequence to the southward of 

 the approach to the long bridge. The next is the willow 

 family, beginning across the road from the pine family; 

 this group is located on both sides of the path and com- 

 prises many forms from various parts of the world; the 

 family is largely an inhabitant of temperate regions, so 

 many species can be grown here. The bayberry family 

 occurs across the driveway from the willows, occupying a 

 position on the bank overlooking the easterly lake. Here 

 may be found the sweet-fern, a native of eastern North 

 America ; the sweet gale, at home in north temperate regions ; 

 and the waxberry or bayberry, common in eastern North 

 America; the berries of the latter have a covering of wax, 



