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North America, from which the extract of witch-hazel, or 

 Pond's extract, is made; the spiked corylopsis, a Japanese 

 shrub, belongs here, as do the fothergillas of the southeastern 

 United States. 



The rose family occupies a large area, beginning just north 

 of the gooseberries and currants and extending westward to 

 the main north and south driveway, and southward along 

 that as far as the first transverse path; here belong the 

 spiraeas, of which there are many forms, the blackberries, 

 the raspberries, the roses and others. Among the spiraeas, 

 the steeple-bush or hard-hack and the willow-leaved meadow- 

 sweet, or quaker-lady, are common as wild plants in this 

 latitude. Other interesting forms are Thunberg's spiraea, 

 from Japan, and other Japanese spiraeas. Among other plants 

 of interest in the group which contains the spiraeas are the 

 large-flowered exochorda, a native of northern China, with 

 its profusion of white flowers in early summer; the Japanese 

 rose, from Japan, not a true rose, however, with bright yellow 

 flowers; another shrub from Japan, known to the natives of 

 that country as siro yama buki, bears large white flowers 

 resembling in appearance those of the mock orange; two 

 other Japanese shrubs, members of the same genus, and known 

 to the natives there as kago ma utsugi and yama doosin, respec- 

 tively, the former an exceptionally graceful and attractive 

 plant; Neviusia, an extremely local plant, known in a wild 

 state only in Alabama ; and the nine-bark, of eastern North 

 America. To the southward of the spiraea group comes the 

 collection of blackberries and raspberries (Rubus) repre- 

 sented by many kinds; two of the showiest are the Japanese 

 wineberry and the purple flowering-raspberry, the latter 

 common in rocky woods in this part of the country. Farther 

 to the south, and bordering both sides of the transverse path, 

 is the group of the true roses ; many kinds may be found here, 

 including the sweet-brier, the dog-rose, or wild brier, and the 

 red-leaved rose, all natives of Europe; the low or pasture 

 rose of eastern North America; and the odd-looking Watson's 



