saliva ); Bamboo {Bambnsa arundinacea) ; SugarCane ( Saccharum 
officinarum ) . 
Pineapple Family. Pineapple {Ananas sativus) . 
Lily Family. Asparagus {A. officinalis ); Onion {Allium 
Cepa); Chives {A. Schoenoprasum)\ Leek {A. Porrum)\ Garlic 
{A. sativum). 
Amaryllis Family. Sisal Hemp {Agave rigida). 
Yam Family. Yam {Dioscorea Balalas). 
Banana Family. Banana {Musa sapientum)', Manila Hemp 
( M . textilis). 
Ginger Family. Ginger {Zingiber officitiale)\ Cardamon 
{Eleltaria Cardamomum and Amomum Cardamon ) . 
Arrowroot Family. Arrowroot {Maranta arundinacea and 
others) . 
Orchid Family. Vanilla ( Vanilla planifolia) . 
Margaret Chapin. 
NOTICES 
The Garden is open free to the public daily, from 8 a. m. un- 
til dark; on Sundays and holidays at 10 a m. The Laboratory 
Building, containing the library, herbarium, and offices, is open 
daily (except Sundays), from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. (Saturdays, 9- 
12). The Conservatories are open April 1-October 1, 10 a. m. -4:30 
p. m. (Sundays, 2-4:30); October 1-April 1, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. 
(Sundays, 2-4). 
The Garden maybe reached by FlatbushAve. trolley to Empire 
Boulevard; Franklin Ave., Lorimer St., and Tompkins Ave. trolleys 
to Washington Ave.; St. John’s Place and Rogers Ave. trolleys to 
Sterling Place; Vanderbilt Ave., Sixteenth Ave., Union St., Green- 
point, and Smith St. trolleys to Prospect Park Plaza and Union St., 
and Brighton Beach elevated to Botanic Garden Station. 
A docent will meet parties by appointment and conduct them 
through the Garden. This service is free to members of the 
Botanic Garden and to teachers with classes; to others there is a 
nominal charge of 25 cents an hour for parties of less than three, 
and 10 cents a person per hour for parties of three or more. 
Subscription for Leaflets fifty cents a series (comprising about 
fourteen numbers); free to members of the Botanic Garden and 
to teachers. 
The Leaflets are published weekly or biweekly from April to June, and 
October to November, inclusive, by The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 
at Washington Avenue and Montgomery Street, Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Telephone: 6173 Prospect. 
Mail address: Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn. N. Y. 
