( 268 ) 
same entrance, some of these being quite tropical in aspect; 
the Japanese angelica-tree, from Japan, is one of these, 
and another is Maximowicz’s acanthopanax, also from 
Japan; the variegated Chinese angelica-tree, a native of 
China, 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 dog- 
wood, the kinnikinnik and the panicled dogwood are Ameri- 
can representatives; the officinal dogwood comes from 
Japan and is known there as sandzaki; the dogberry, 
gater-tree, or hound’s-tree, is from Europe and western 
Asia; 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 Kousa, 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. 
Across the path from the dogwoods, at the foot of the 
steps, may be found the white-alder family. Here are 
the Japanese 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 of a 
related genus, from the southeastern United States, is called 
mountain fetter-bush; the stagger-bush, of the south- 
eastern 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 
the conservatories; in the fruticetum are several forms of 
the golden-bell (Forsythia), from China; a number of the 
privets, including the California privet, so much used for 
