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yond, in the brook, may be found the water-poppy family, 

 represented by the water-poppy, a showy plant common 

 in tropical regions; this is not hardy and must be removed 

 to a warm place for the winter; it will also be found at 

 all times at conservatory range I, house 9. 



Following to the north comes the large group of the 

 grasses and grass-like plants, those whose flowers, mostly 

 very small, are subtended by chaffy scales or glumes. 

 This is represented by the grasses and the sedges, several 

 beds being devoted to each of these families. Some of the 

 more familiar grasses are: timothy; Kentucky blue-grass; 

 reed canary-grass; orchard grass; red-top; and tall fescue- 

 grass; all used in making hay. Other grasses of interest 

 are: sweet vernal-grass, exhaling a pleasant odor when 

 bruised; the Japanese plume-grass, in several forms, very 

 ornamental; the ribbon-grass, a variegated form of the reed 

 canary-grass, and also ornamental; and species of many 

 other genera. 



The sedges are represented mainly by the large genus 

 Carex, of which there are many species, native in the United 

 States, growing in swamps, meadows, and woodlands. 

 Fraser's sedge (Cymophyllus Fraseri) is a striking plant 

 from the southeastern United States, at one time one of the 

 rarest of plants, but rediscovered in recent years in large 

 quantities in the mountains of North Carolina. The 

 tussock sedge, common in our swamps in early spring, the 

 cat-tail sedge, Gray's sedge and the fox sedge, are others 

 belonging to the genus Carex. There are also representa- 

 tives of bullrushes and other sedges. 



Following the sedges is the arum family, having as repre- 

 sentative plants, familiar to many, the skunk cabbage, the 

 green arrow-arum, the green dragon, the jack-in-the-pulpit, 

 and the sweet flag. In the brook opposite to this family 

 may be found the somewhat related duckweed family; the 

 duckweeds (Lemna) are very common, the tiny plants 

 sometimes occurring in such numbers as to cover the surface 

 of ponds and slowly moving streams. Coming now to the 



