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Title: The century illustrated monthly magazine
Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Subjects: American literature
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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days in the saddle, to Nepenthes weepingpitchers and Venuss treacherous fly-trap.Then there are the orchids. Coming fromall climates and latitudes, and two hundredand ten in number of species, epiphytal andterrestrial, their ranks are ever adorned, butin early June the fantastic and pretty flow-ers are especially numerous. Preference isgiven, however, to plants of economic value,and among these the botanist will recognize,and the visitor be glad to be shown, the nat-ural growth of a large number of the familiarproducts to be found at the grocers or apoth-ecarys shops. Half a dozen steps downward from theterrace and conservatory bring you to thelevel of the outdoor garden, which has beencompletely rearranged. By the old schemeof immense plots it was difficult to examinemany of the inferior plants from the walks;now, however, these walks, laid concentricallyaround a pond in the center of the gardenwith radiating paths at intervals, separate 244 HARVARDS BOTANIC GARDEN AND ITS BOTANISTS.
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DR. ASA GRAY. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY NOTMAN.) series of narrow beds with grass-turf between,in which the plants are arranged in their nat-ural orders. One would think that so arbitraryan arrangement would be fatal to both con-venience and picturesque effect, which, itmust be remembered, is constantly subordi-nate to scientific disposition,but really it is notnoticeably so. The garden is never quitebare. From earliest spring till late autumnsomething is blossoming. Beside each growthis thrust into the ground a little tablet contain-ing the scientific and common names of theplant, and its habitat, while to the trees arenailed small tin signs containing a similarpedigree. To mention a tithe of the gay flowers thatlift their pretty heads and breathe their sen-suous odors at high noon of the floral day, isbeyond my space or power. Every corner ofthe world sends representatives, but none out-vie in delicacy or richness of tint, or in sweet-ness of smell, our own wild flowers, of whichthe gar

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