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of Europe, the berries of which are acrid and poisonous; the 
berries of several of the species of oleaster are edible; the 
buffalo berry, of northwestern North America, is largely 
eaten by the Indians of that region; the berries of the ori- 
ental 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 Japanese 
angelica-tree, from Japan, is one of these, and another is 
Maximowicz’s acanthopanax, also from Japan; the varie- 
gated Chinese angelica-tree, a native of China, is quite orna- 
mental. Beyond this group, and on both sides of the trans- 
verse 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 kinnikinnik, and the 
panicled dogwood are American 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. 
Across the path from the dogwoods, at the foot of the 
steps, will be found the white-alder family. Here are the 
Japanese sweetpepper 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 the same genus, from 
the southeastern United States, is called stagger-bush. Fol- 
lowing the path to the south, we come next to the huckle- 
berries 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 num- 
