. Parks and parkways in the Borough of the Bronx, New York City . given to large tropicalplants, many of them of economic importance; Houses 5, 6, 7 and 8are given to succulent and desert plants, including several hundred kindsof cactuses, century plants, yuccas, house-leeks and stone-crops; HouseNo. 9 contains a large concrete tank in which many tropical water plantsare grown, with tall grasses around its margin; House No. 10 containsa very large collection of tropical plants of the calla and pineapplefamilies; House No. 11 contains a fine representation of bananas andtheir relatives, among t
. Parks and parkways in the Borough of the Bronx, New York City . given to large tropicalplants, many of them of economic importance; Houses 5, 6, 7 and 8are given to succulent and desert plants, including several hundred kindsof cactuses, century plants, yuccas, house-leeks and stone-crops; HouseNo. 9 contains a large concrete tank in which many tropical water plantsare grown, with tall grasses around its margin; House No. 10 containsa very large collection of tropical plants of the calla and pineapplefamilies; House No. 11 contains a fine representation of bananas andtheir relatives, among them the travelers tree and bird-of-paradiseplants; Houses Nos. 12, 13 and 14 contain a large and varied repre-sentation of plants of warm temperate regions, including ferns, orchids,acacias, evergreen, and hundreds of rare and unusual species; HouseNo. 15 is given to tropical orchids in great variety; the orchid collectionis largely the gift of Mr. Oakes Ames, who spent many years and in-curred great expense in bringing it together. In the court of Conserva- 28. tory Range No. 1 are two large concrete tanks in which water lilies aregrown in great variety, the eastern tank containing hardy kinds, thewestern tank those from tropical regions. Conservatory Range No. 2, situated on the eastern side of thegrounds, near the Bleecker Street entrance, is about one-third completed portion consists of 4 houses, containing 7 may be seen very large and representative collections of tropicalferns, cycads or sago palms, tropical orchids, and a miscellaneous col-lection of tropical trees and shrubs. A small range of propagating and experimental greenhouses, threein number, each 100 feet long, is located near the nurseries on theeastern side of the grounds. Here are grown plants for the groundsand greenhouses and others for scientific experimentation and study. Plantations.—The collections of evergreen trees (Pinetum) sur-round the great glasshouse in the south
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