A manual and dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns / by J.C. Willis.

  • John Christopher Willis
Date:
1908
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Credit: A manual and dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns / by J.C. Willis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Myrtaceae, Acacias, &c. are to be seen here. The Heath House or South African House contains Ericaceae, Epacridaceae, &c. from the S. Temperate zone. The Conservatory is usually a show house, the plants in which are perpetually changed to keep up a display of flowers all the year round. The names of the other cool houses explain themselves. Tfae Arboretum contains specimens of trees and shrubs, most of which belong to the orders Coniferae, Juglandaceae, Salicaceae, Betu- laceae, Fagaceae, Ulmaceae, Magnoliaceae, Saxifragaceae, Hamameli- daceae, Platanaceae, Rosaceae, Leguminosae, Buxaceae, Aceraceae, Hippocastanaceae, Sapindaceae, Rhamnaceae, Vitaceae, Tiliaceae, Comaceae, Ericaceae, Oleaceae, Caprifoliaceae. The Fond, Tanks, and Bog-garden contain the hardy water and bog plants, especially those of the native flora. See Chapter III. The Bock Garden contains most of the hardy alpine and rock plants. Many alpines refuse to grow out-of-doors at low levels, on account of the dampness of the winter, and must be cultivated under glass in the Alpine House for a portion of the year. See Chapter III. The Herbaceous Ground contains the smaller plants suited to ordinary out-of-door culture other than those requiring specially dry or wet situations. Here will be found representatives of most native plants, and foreign plants belonging to the same orders, and also many Com- melinaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Aizoaceae, Capparidaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Rutaceae, Loasaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Polemoniaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Acanthaceae, &c. Each order has usually a bed to itself, and the beds are grouped according to some system of classification (that of Bentham and Hooker in several gardens). Visitors are not allowed to pick or handle specimens in botanic gardens, but in most of them specimens may be obtained for purposes of study by application to the Curator or sometimes to the Professor of Botany. At Kew there is a small Students’ Garden, where specimens may be picked. IV. BOTANICAL MUSEUMS. These are usually designed to illustrate Systematic or Economic Botany, or both; in the former case, and often also in the latter, they are arranged according to the natural families of plants, but some of the best economic museums are arranged by products, usually on a system like that in Chapter IV. Many museums exhibit series of specimens illustrating types of vegetation, morphology of organs, floras of particular countries, &c. The student will find this book useful in the museum; he should use the collections in connection with his general study and outdoor work, following up the various heads of
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