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mulberry family, represented here by specimens of the 
Russian mulberry. 
The crowfoot family occupies a space just to the north of 
the willows west of the path, and is represented by the 
moutan or tree peony, from China, and the shrub yellow- 
root (Xanthorrhiza), from the southeastern United States; 
its roots are yellow, and at one time were employed as a dye; 
there are many herbaceous members of this family at the 
herbaceous grounds. The barberry family is a little farther 
north on the same side of the path; many species of bar- 
berries and mahonias occur here. Among the barberries 
may be mentioned: the common barberry, native from 
Europe to eastern Asia, the ripe fruit of which is sometimes 
made into preserves, and the unripe ones pickled as a 
substitute for capers—its bark is used as a dye and for 
tanning leather; Thunberg’s barberry, from Japan, a 
desirable plant for small hedges and for the borders of 
walks; the neat barberry, from the Himalayan region, 
which colors a beautiful red in the fall; and the spine- 
toothed barberry, from the Himalayan region; the mahonias 
are represented by the Oregon grape, from northwestern 
North America; and the Japanese mahonia, distributed 
from the Himalayan region to China and Japan. The 
magnolia family occurs a little back from the path, be- 
tween the crowfoot and barberry families; there are here 
several species of shrubby magnolias, and others will be 
found at the deciduous arboretum. The strawberry- 
shrub family is located on the point dividing the paths, 
opposite the mulberries already referred to; here may be 
found several species of the strawberry-shrub, and the 
oriental sweet-shrub, from China and Japan. A short 
distance to the north of the strawberry-shrub family is 
the laurel family, represented by the spice-bush (Benzoin), 
a native of northeastern North America; as the different 
kinds of flowers, staminate and pistillate, are borne on 
different plants, only those having pistillate flowers bear 
the bright red berries in the summer and autumn. In 
