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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 European barberry, 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 large-toothed barberry, from Nepal; the mahonias 
are represented by the erect Oregon grape, from north- 
western North America; and the Japanese mahonia. 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. 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, including 
the hairy one which has the fragrant flowers scented like 
the strawberry, the fragrant Chimonanthus, from Japan, 
is a member of this family, and is known to the natives 
there as karamume. 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 the lower land below, to the 
east of the path, is the Virginia willow family, with shrubs 
of the Virginia willow, a native of the southeastern United 
States. Across the path from this is the hydrangea family; 
here may be found the syringas, the deutzias and the hy- 
drangeas, several species of each; the mock orange (Phila- 
delphus), a native of Europe, indicates its presence by the 
rich frangance of its flowers; the slender deutzia, from 
