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Beds 9 and 17 contain fodder plants. Bed 9 has fodder 

 plants other than grasses, such as alfalfa, red, white and 

 crimson clovers, winter vetch, summer vetch, yellow lupine, 

 blue lupine, and Florida beggarweed. In bed 17 are fodder 

 plants of the grass family, such as teosinte, Johnson grass, 

 field corn, timothy, Kentucky blue-grass, red-top, and pearl 

 millet. In bed 28 is the sugar-cane plant, from the juice of 

 which sugar, one of the most important articles of food, 

 is made; this is a native of the tropics, and it is therefore 

 not hardy in our climate — plants of it may be seen at all 

 seasons at conservatory range 1, house 9. 



In the border of woody plants along the gravel walk are 

 such familiar fruits as the hazel-nut, black, red and white 

 currents, gooseberry, blackberry, black-cap, elderberry, 

 chinquapin, barberry, huckleberry, and highbush blue- 

 berry. Along the west side of the brook will be found rice, 

 not hardy here, which furnishes the principle article of 

 food for millions of people, especially in the tropics of the 

 Old World; the cranberry plant; taro, also not hardy, 

 an important article of food in the tropics, largely taking 

 the place there of the potato in temperate climates; and 

 water-cress. 



11. Decorative Woody Plants 



Many collections of this nature will be found in various 

 parts of the grounds. They consist of trees and shrubs, 

 both deciduous and evergreen. 



Along the driveways and paths will be found many kinds 

 of deciduous trees, and in the arboretum many other kinds 

 may be studied. 



Groups of deciduous shrubs will also be found in many 

 places along the roads and paths, and in the fruticetum, 

 where these are arranged in families, the decorative groups 

 are in close proximity to the families to which they belong. 

 In the fruticetum will also be found a number of evergreen 

 shrubs. Other places where the decorative value of shrubs 

 may be studied are: along the west border, from the 

 Woodlawn Bridge south to the approach to the elevated 



