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modating themselves to their natural surroundings are 

 shown. Further on to the right is the bed devoted to 

 fruit-forms; and to the left of this, one showing various 

 forms of seed-dispersal; those with the surface of the fruits 

 covered with some sticky substance or curved appendages 

 or hooked hairs or spines require the intervention of some 

 animal for their distribution, while those with wings or 

 with hairs attached to the seed are spread through the 

 agency of the wind. To the right of the above are plants 

 representing a species and a variety, and to the left of this 

 is a bed containing plants showing species and hybrids. 

 Another bed in this vicinity illustrates mutations. 



(c) Economic Garden 



The collections illustrating food plants and those produc- 

 ing substances directly useful to man in the arts, sciences and 

 industries are planted at the northern end of the long 

 glade containing the herbaceous collections just described. 

 The collection is arranged in two series divided by a central 

 grass walk. The beds on each side are numbered consecu- 

 tively, the number being indicated on a wooden stake in 

 the center. A general sign is placed in each of the beds, 

 denoting what its contents are intended to represent, and 

 in front of each plant is a smaller label giving individual 

 information. 



On the east side of a broad central grass path and the 

 brook are located plants used for medicine, those employed 

 as condiments or relishes, and a number of plants from 

 which the fiber is used in the manufacture of various 

 fabrics. The medicinal plants which grow in wet or moist 

 situations may be found on the easterly side of the brook. 

 Along the westerly border is also a collection of medicinal 

 shrubs and trees. 



On the west side of the grass path and brook are the food 

 plants. Here may be found many of the common fruits 

 and vegetables. Along the gravel path is a collection of 

 shrubs and trees, containing some of the more common 

 plants producing edible nuts and fruits. 



