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phylla, Antidesmia, and Acalypha. At the end of the house, 

 on the west side, are two plants of the curious West Indian 

 ivy, belonging to the genus Marcgravia. On the east side 

 of the house, at the south end, is a large collection of 

 begonias, both on the benches and planted out underneath. 

 Further on is the meadow-beauty family, largely repre- 

 sented in tropical regions, to which belongs our native 

 meadow-beauty, Rhexia virginica. Other families fol- 

 lowing are the vervain, acanthus, potato, Madder and 

 thistle, the last two near the north door. 



In house 5 is a collection of tropical ferns arranged in 

 botanical sequence, thus bringing closely related families 

 and genera into juxtaposition and enabling a comparative 

 study of these plants to be made. It is only possible to 

 represent in this sequence the position of the tree-ferns by 

 very small specimens. These may be studied to better 

 advantage in the larger houses. At the south end of this 

 house is a part of the collection of cycads. Microcycas 

 calocoma, a rare Cuban member of this family, is among 

 these. There are a number of specimens of the American 

 genus Zamia, including representatives from Florida and 

 the West Indies. Other specimens, including the larger 

 ones, will be found in the easterly house of the transverse 

 range. 



The easterly of the smaller houses is divided into two 

 compartments. House 6 is known as an East Indian 

 house. Here are grown mainly such orchids as require a 

 close humid hot atmosphere. Among the larger and more 

 interesting of the genera represented are: Vanda, widely 

 distributed in the East Indies and the Malay Archipelago, 

 many of them with large and showy, often sweet-scented, 

 flowers; Phalaenopsis, also native in the East Indies and 

 Malay Archipelago; Angraecum, of tropical Africa and the 

 Mascarene Islands; Macroplectrum, from Madagascar and 

 the Mascarene Islands; Dendrobium, a number of species, 

 a large Old World genus of over 500 species; Paphiopedi- 

 lum, Venus-slipper, an Old World representative of the 



