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smooth alder, common along streams and in swamps, is also 
here. Following the birch family on the same side of the 
path comes the beech family ; here will be found the shrubby 
oaks, and the chinquapin of the southeastern United States. 
On the same side of the path a little farther along is the elm 
family, represented by the dwarf elms; most of the members 
of this family are trees and will be found therefore in the 
arboretum. Immediately following this is the mulberry 
family, represented here by two specimens of the Tartarian 
mulberry. At the triangle a little further on is the cercis-leaf 
family, represented by the cercis-leaf (Cercéd:phyllum), a 
Japanese tree, and known to the people there as katzoura; 
there are three specimens of this, most attractive in the spring 
with their tender greens flushed with rose. 
The crowfoot family occupies a space just to the north of 
the willows west of the path, and is represented by the mou- 
tan or tree peony, from China, and the shrub yellow-root 
(Xanthorrhiza), from the eastern 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 barberries and 
mahonias occur here. Among the barberries may be men- 
tioned: 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 smal! 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 bar- 
berry, from Nepal; the mahonias are represented by the 
erect Oregon grape, from northwestern North America; and 
the Japanese mahonia. The magnolia family occurs a little 
back from the path, between the crowfoot and barberry fami- 
lies; there are here several species of shrubby magnolias. 
The strawberry-shrub family follows the barberries, immedi- 
ately across the path from the cercis-leaf family; here will 
