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sometimes a troublesome weed in this country, and the 

 morning-glory. Following the milkweeds is the phlox 

 family; interesting plants here are the Jacob's-ladder 

 (Polemonium), of Europe, with its masses of blue flowers; 

 the hairy phlox, of North America; Britton's phlox, a 

 relative of the common ground phlox, from the southeastern 

 United States; the ground phlox and its white-flowered 

 form, both natives of the eastern United States; and 

 forms of the garden phlox, from the southeastern United 

 States. In the shade, the natural habitat of many of 

 these 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 (Hydrophyllum) . 



Farther 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. 

 In the vervain family, in a small bed to the left, may be 

 found the vervains. We now come in the sequence to 

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

 the true mints may be found here the creeping whorled 

 mint, the curled mint and the spearmint, all from the 

 Old World. Many familiar plants may 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 extensively spread as a weed in 

 this country; and the dittany, of North America. 



The potato family may be found a little to the left and 

 just beyond the phlox family. Here may be seen the 



