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around the central bench and ending with the thistle family 

 on the end of the south side bench near the entrance to house 

 No. 13. Nearly all the plants in houses 12, 13 and 14 are 

 natives of warm temperate regions. 



Among the more interesting species on the west side 

 bench are many Australian plants, represented by grevilleas, 

 hakeas, and others ; a group of insectivorous plants will also 

 be found here ; among these are the pitcher plants (Sarra- 

 cenia) in several species ; the pitchers contain a liquid in 

 which the insects are drowned, the fluid resulting from 

 their decay being absorbed by the pitchers ; these structures 

 form a part of the leaves and are a modification of the pet- 

 iole. The sundews {Droscrd) secrete a sticky substance 

 from the gland-hairs on their leaves, which can digest in- 

 sects and other animal matter. On the central bench will be 

 found a group of the rue family ; to this belong, among others, 

 the oranges and lemons, of which a number of small speci- 

 mens are here, others being placed in house No. 13. A 

 peculiar plant of this family is Agathosma afiiculata, of 

 southern Africa; its leaves are full of glands which secrete 

 an oil exhaling a disagreeable odor quite apparent at times. 

 On the east side bench are members of the lily family and 

 the amaryllis family, with many other endogenous plants, 

 including a collection of orchids which grow in warm tem- 

 perate regions or in the mountainous sections of the tropics. 

 In the yew family, perhaps the most interesting are two small 

 plants of the " stinking cedar " ( Tumion taxifoliuni) so-called 

 by the natives where it grows ; it is known to occur in a 

 wild state in a small area along the Apalachicola River in 

 Florida. 



House No. ij. This house contains such plants as are 

 too large for proper exhibition in houses 12 and 14. The 

 endogenous plants will be found on the side next house No. 

 14 ; the remainder of the house is occupied by exogenous 

 plants. Opposite the entrance from house No. 14 is a group 

 illustrating the pine family and the yew family. The 

 most conspicuous objects among the former are the arau- 



