here established now contain some 800 kinds of flowering shrubs derived 

 from all parts of the north temperate zone. Shrubs have also been 

 extensively planted in masses for decorative purposes in various parts 

 of the grounds, especially in front of the border tree screens and along 

 parts of the driveways and paths and at the ends of the bridges, while 

 natural thickets add variety and interest. Rhododendrons are massed 

 about the lakes, garden roses occupy a plantation 200 feet long at 

 the foot of the eastern terrace of Conservatory Range Xo. 1, golden 

 bells, lilacs, syringas, bush honeysuckles and spiraeas are grouped near 

 the Botanical Garden Railroad Station, thorns along the western border 

 screen and elsewhere, and viburnums at a number of points. 



The classified collections of herbaceous plants occupy a very beau- 

 tiful narrow valley east of the driveway running north from the Southern 

 Boulevard entrance, a large part of which was originally a marsh, and 

 through which a small brook runs longitudinally. In the southern part 

 of this valley, the plantations are grouped by botanical relationships, 

 and the plants exhibited here include about 2,900 kinds, arranged in 

 128 beds. In the middle of this valley, other beds illustrate the structure 

 and habits of herbaceous plants, and at the north end are collections 

 illustrating plants and their products used for food, in medicine, and 

 otherwise of value to man in the arts, sciences and industries. The 

 little brook makes possible the growing of water plants close to land 

 plants to which they are related. 



The herbaceous flower gardens are located at the foot of the terrace 

 on the northern and western sides of Conservatory Range Xo. 1, extend- 

 ing on both sides of the path to the approach to the Elevated Railway 

 Station, and at intervals along the western border screen from this sta- 

 tion to the Mosholu Parkway entrance. Here are grown a great variety 

 of garden flowers, and many kinds may be seen in bloom at any time 

 during the season from early spring until frost, commencing with 

 snowdrops, squills, tulips, daffodils and other bulbous plants in April 

 and May and ending with many kinds of autumn flowers in September 

 and October. Several hundred kinds of flowers are grown in these 

 collections. The total length of beds of herbaceous plants, including 

 those in the herbaceous grounds and in the flower gardens, is now about 

 one mile. 



The lakes, formed by the flooding of former swamps, form an 

 attractive feature in a valley northeast of the Museum Building. The 

 largest of the three is a landscape feature and unplanted; the middle 

 one is given to collections of hardy aquatic plants and provides a beau- 

 tiful display of water lilies from late spring until early autumn; the 



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