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willow, a native of France. Along the west bank of the 

 Bronx River may be found the Eugene poplar, of horticul- 

 tural origin; and a row of the weeping willow, a native of 

 southeastern Europe and Asia. At the northern end of 

 the area devoted to this plantation are to be found, among 

 others, the purple willow, a native of Europe, Northern 

 Africa, and Asia; and the black willow, of eastern North 

 America. Many other species are represented in this 

 collection. 



7. The Fruticetum 



[collection of shrubs] 



This plantation, occupying about 16 acres, is located to 

 the northward of the lakes in the rear of the museum 

 building, and is confined to the area lying between the 

 lakes, the railroad, the woodland on the east, and the north 

 meadows. In this collection are brought together speci- 

 mens of hardy woody plants which are shrubs, that is, plants 

 with woody stems which branch from the ground and have 

 no single main stem. The arrangement here parallels 

 that in the herbaceous grounds and in the other syste- 

 matic collections. The sequence begins on the southerly 

 side near the long stone bridge which crosses the Bronx 

 River, and proceeds on both sides of the path running to 

 the north along the edge of the woods, returning south- 

 ward on both sides of the path paralleling the main north 

 and south driveway, to the peach family, on the bank over- 

 looking the water garden. It then crosses to the senna 

 family directly opposite and overlooking the westerly lake, 

 proceeding northward from there across the transverse 

 driveway, and following the line of the path paralleling to 

 the westward the main north and south driveway. The 

 sequence then continues to the westward along the north 

 path, again extending southward at the Woodlawn Road 

 entrance, continuing on both sides of the westerly path 

 and terminating with the thistle family at the westerly end 

 of the lake near the railroad border. The families will be 



