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of the oriental oleaster, known as Trebizond dates, are 
made into cakes by the Arabs, after having been dried. 
Plants of the ginseng family form a group opposite the 
same entrance, some of these being quite tropical in aspect; 
the Chinese angelica-tree, from China and Japan, is one of 
these, and another is Maximowicz’s acanthopanax, from 
Japan; the variegated Chinese angelica-tree is quite 
ornamental. Beyond this group, and on both sides of the 
transverse path, is the dogwood family, shown by many 
species of dogwood or cornel (Cornus), from both the Old 
World and the New; the red-osier dogwood, the kinni- 
kinnik and the panicled dogwood are American representa- 
tives; the officinal dogwood comes from Japan and China 
and is known in Japan as sandzaki; the dogberry, gater- 
tree, or hound’s-tree, is from Europe and the Orient; 
its wood is hard and is sometimes made into butchers’ 
skewers and tooth-picks; in France, an oil used for burning 
and in soap-making is extracted from the black berries. 
Benthamia japonica, the Japanese flowering dogwood, from 
China and Japan, is shown in a number of specimens; this 
is related to our native flowering dogwood, Cynoxylon 
floridum, which will be found in the deciduous arboretum. 
Across the path from the dogwoods, at the foot of the 
steps, may be found the white-alder family. Here are 
the Asiatic sweet-pepper bush and the North American 
sweet-pepper bushes or white-alders, their fragrant white 
flowers appearing in August. The heath family is next, 
represented by many forms of azaleas and rhododendrons; 
the Japanese Pieris is a pretty plant, and another, from 
the southeastern United States, is called mountain fetter- 
bush; the stagger-bush, of the southeastern United States, 
is also here. Following the path to the south, we come 
next to the huckleberries and to the shrubs of the storax 
family. On the other side of the path is the olive family, 
which covers a large area, extending along the path for 
a considerable distance; the olive-tree is the type of this 
family, and specimens may be found at conservatory range 
