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rush, the slender rush, and the common wood-rush. Fol- 

 lowing this come the members of the bunch-flower family, 

 with several species of bellworts, the turkey-beard, the 

 Japanese toad-lily, the fly poison, and others. Closely 

 related to this is the lily family; one of the beds given 

 over to this family is devoted to the true lilies {Lilium) in 

 several forms; another is set aside for the onions and their 

 relatives, of which there are many interesting forms, some 

 of them of decorative value; while another bed is given to a 

 miscellaneous collection of plants belonging to this family, 

 among which may be mentioned the day or plantain lilies, 

 the yellow day lilies and the lemon lilies, the true asphodel 

 or king's sword, the grape-hyacinth and Adam's needle. 

 Other close relatives of the lilies belong to the lily-of-the- 

 valley family; here may be found many familiar plants, 

 among them being the lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria), 

 the wild spikenard, the common asparagus, of such wide 

 use as a vegetable in the early part of the summer, and 

 several species of the Solomon's-seal, both from the Old 

 World and the New. 



The amaryllis family is shown by a number of species of 

 daffodils and narcissus. In the iris family, which comes 

 next, many species are represented. Most familiar among 

 these are: the common blue flag of our swamps, the yellow 

 flag of Europe, the German iris, the Siberian iris, the 

 Japanese iris and the blackberry lily. For the canna 

 family reference is made to the plantations at the Garden 

 fountain at the approach to the museum building and to 

 the conservatories, and for orchids to the conservatories. 



Crossing the brook now by the path paralleling the drive- 

 way, we come to the beginning of the sequence of the large 

 series of plants with net-veined leaves and with two seed- 

 leaves (dicotyledons). This series begins with the lizard's- 

 tail family, represented here in the brook by the lizard's-tail 

 (Saururus), a common plant of our brooks and river borders 

 in the eastern United States. To the nettle family one bed 

 is at present given, located near a group of magnolia trees, 



