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nums ; 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 spe- 

 cies ; the speedwells ( Veronica), among them the long-leaved 

 speedwell and the gentian speedwell ; the fox-gloves {Digi- 

 talis), 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 will be found 

 the unicorn-plant family, represented by the yellow unicorn- 

 plant, a native of Brazil. A little beyond is the globularia 

 family, represented by a single species of globularia. To 

 the right is the acanthus family ; not many of these plants are 

 hardy in this latitude, but at the conservatories many repre- 

 sentatives will be found, as the family is largely confined to 

 tropical and warm temperate areas ; in this bed will be seen 

 the hairy ruellia, from the southeastern United States, and 

 the long-leaved acanthus, a native of southern Europe. In 

 this neighborhood may also be seen the lopseed family, 

 represented by the lopseed, a native of eastern North 

 America. 



To the right of the acanthus family is the single bed de- 

 voted to the plantain family ; several species, such as Ru- 

 gel's plantain and rib-grass, are pernicious weeds in this 

 neighborhood, often disfiguring an otherwise even lawn. 

 Just beyond the mints will be found the two beds of the mad- 

 der family ; to this belongs the dainty little bluets or innocence, 

 which sometimes gives a blue sheen to sterile, sandy places, 

 so abundant is it in some localities ; it is quite common in 

 eastern North America ; several species of bedstraw (Gal- 

 iuni) will also be found here, while many other plants be- 

 longing to this family are grown at the conservatories, among 

 them the coffee tree. A little beyond is the single bed of the 

 honeysuckle family, represented by the feverwort and the 

 narrow-leaved feverwort ; this family being largely composed 

 of woody plants, many other species, including the true 



