tory Range No. 1 are two large concrete tanks in which water lilies are 

 grown in great variety, the eastern tank containing hardy kinds, the 

 western tank those from tropical regions. 



Conservatory Range No. 2, situated on the eastern side of the 

 grounds, near the Bleecker Street entrance, is about one-third completed. 

 The completed portion consists of 4 houses, containing 7 compartments. 

 Here may be seen very large and representative collections of tropical 

 ferns, cycads or sago palms, tropical orchids, and a miscellaneous col- 

 lection of tropical trees and shrubs. 



A small range of propagating and experimental greenhouses, three 

 in number, each 100 feet long, is located near the nurseries on the 

 eastern side of the grounds. Here are grown plants for the grounds 

 and greenhouses and others for scientific experimentation and study. 



Plantations. — The collections of evergreen trees (Pinetum) sur- 

 round the great glasshouse in the southwestern portion of the grounds, 

 extending to the Botanical Garden Railroad Station on the north and 

 to the border of the forest on the east, the landscape design here being 

 to surround this greenhouse with evergreen trees, so that it shall have 

 a green setting all the year round. Commencing at the approach to the 

 Elevated Railway Station and proceeding first in a northerly course in 

 walking around this greenhouse, the visitor will pass consecutively col- 

 lections of Douglas spruce, hemlock spruces, spruces, firs, pines, bald 

 cypresses, white cedars, junipers, arbor vitaes and retinisporas. The 

 collection of larches, true cedars, umbrella pines and yews are some- 

 what out of this circuit, further to the northeast. 



The planted collections of deciduous trees (Deciduous Arboretum) 

 are in the area east of the Bronx River, extending from the most 

 southern to the most northern part of the reservation, and many of these 

 trees are in sight from the new Bronx Boulevard, which borders the 

 grounds to the east. Proceeding northward from the southeastern cor- 

 ner of the reservation may be found willows, poplars, hickories, walnuts, 

 oaks, beeches, Asiatic chestnuts, birches, alders, elms, mulberries, mag- 

 nolias, thorns, apples, cherries, plums, plane-trees, maples, horse chest- 

 nuts, persimmons, dogwoods, ashes, catalpas, and a number of other 

 kinds. Many trees have also been planted for shade along the drive- 

 ways and thickly set along the railroad in the northern end of the grounds 

 as a border screen. Prior to any planting on the grounds, there were 

 about fifty kinds of trees to begin with, many of them very large and 

 fine specimens. 



The collection of shrubs (Fruticetum) is located on a plain north 

 of the Museum Building and east of the railroad, and is well viewed 

 from the top of the approach to the Woodlawn Road. The collections 



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