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On the east side of a broad central grass path and the 

 brook are located plants used for medicine, those employed 

 as condiments or relishes, and a number of plants from 

 which the fiber is used in the manufacture of various 

 fabrics. The medicinal plants which grow in wet or moist 

 situations may be found on the easterly side of the brook. 

 Along the woodland border is also a collection of medicinal 

 shrubs and trees. 



On the west side of the grass path and brook are the food 

 plants. Here may be found many of the common fruits 

 and vegetables. Along the gravel path is a collection of 

 shrubs and trees, containing some of the more common 

 plants producing edible nuts and fruits. 



In the eastern series, bed no. I, located at the northern 

 end, contains plants used as condiments and relishes; here, 

 among others, are peppermint, spearmint, mustard, lovage, 

 lavender, savory, caraway, dill, coriander, basil, marjoram, 

 anise, balm, sage, tarragon, and horse-radish. Beds 2, 3, 

 4, 6, and 7 contain drug plants. In beds 2, 4, and 6 it is 

 the roots and rootstocks which are employed; such drugs 

 as valerian, Indian physic, convallaria, sanguinaria, podo- 

 phyllum or mandrake, inula, belladonna, pleurisy-root, 

 rhubarb, cimicifuga, arum, tussilago or coltsfoot, and caulo- 

 phyllum are here. In bed 3 among the commonly known 

 drugs are catnip, tansy, horehound, and stramonium, the 

 leaves of which furnish the active principles. In bed 7 are 

 plants from the herbage, seeds or flowers of which drugs are 

 manufactured; hops, tussilago or coltsfoot, rue, tobacco, 

 castor-oil, digitalis and dulcamara are some of these. Bed 

 5 contains plants from which fibers are obtained, such as 

 cotton, flax, used in the manufacture of linen, hemp, and 

 broom-corn, from the inflorescences of which brooms are 

 made. In the adjoining woodland border of shrubs and 

 trees are the prickly ash, barberry, witch hazel, cramp- 

 bark, rhamnus, frangula, euonymus, red-root, shrub yellow- 

 root, and hydrangea. Along the east side of the brook will 

 be found calamus and magnolia. 



