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tern United States and Mexico and the vervains. We 

 now come in the sequence to the mint family, to which are 

 devoted six beds; among the true mints may be found here 

 the creeping whorled mint, the curled mint and the spear- 

 mint, all from the Old World. Many familiar plants may 

 be seen in these beds, and among them are: the false 

 dragon-head, of the United States; motherwort, common 

 in Europe and widely distributed as a weed in this country 

 along roadsides and in waste places; the horse-balm, of 

 North America, common in the east in woods; Oswego tea, 

 and other bergamots, natives of North America; the betony 

 and hyssop, of Europe; the hedge-nettles, from both the 

 Old World and the New; the common sage of the Medi- 

 terranean region, highly prized by the housewife, and 

 other sages; catnip, a native of Europe, but widely dis- 

 tributed as a weed in this country; Gill-over-the-ground, 

 or ground ivy, also a European plant, but extensively 

 spread as a weed in this country; and the dittany, of 

 North America. 



The potato family may be found a little to the left and 

 just beyond the phlox family. Here may be seen the 

 common jimson, or Jamestown, weed, the seeds of which 

 are poisonous, a native of tropical regions, but a common 

 weed along our roadsides; the nightshade, a European 

 plant, but commonly distributed as an introduction in 

 many parts of this country, also with poisonous fruit, 

 tobacco plants and solanums; it is to this family that the 

 potato, tomato and egg-plant belong. A little beyond 

 and to the left of the mints are the two beds allotted to the 

 figwort family; of interest here are: the beard-tongues, of 

 which there are several species; the speedwells (Veronica), 

 among them the long-leaved speedwell and the gentian 

 speedwell; the fox-gloves (Digitalis), from one of which, 

 the purple fox-glove, the valuable medicine digitalin is 

 derived; Lyon's snake-head from the southern states; 

 culver's-root, from the southeastern United States; and 

 several figworts. Just beyond this may be found the 



