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plants, is the water-leaf family, at the base of a large rock 

 on the ridge ; there are the purple, the broad-leaved, and the 

 Virginia water-leaf (Hydrojyhyllurn). 



Further along and at the base of the ridge is the borage 

 family ; the tuberous comfrey, the rough comfrey, and the 

 common comfrey, all natives of Europe, are represented ; the 

 common alkanet, of Europe, and the showy landolfia, from 

 the Himalayan region, are also shown. In the vervain fam- 

 ily, in a small bed to the left, will be found: the wedge- 

 leaved fog-fruit {Lifj)id), from the western United States 

 and Mexico ; the blue vervain, from the eastern United 

 States ; and the white, or nettle-leaved, vervain, a native of 

 eastern North America. We now come in the sequence to 

 the mint family, to which are devoted six beds ; among the 

 true mints will be found here the creeping whorled mint, the 

 curled mint, and the spearmint all from the Old World. 

 Many familiar plants will 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 Mediterranean region, highly prized by the 

 housewife, and other sages ; catnip, a native of Europe, but 

 widely distributed as a weed in this country ; Gill-over-the- 

 ground, or ground ivy, also a European plant, but exten- 

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

 North America. 



The potato family will 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 poison- 

 ous, a native of tropical regions, but a common weed along 

 our roadsides ; the nightshade, a European plant, but com- 

 monly distributed as an introduction in many parts of this 

 country, also with poisonous fruit ; tobacco plants, and sola- 



