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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- 

 ber of the privets, including the California privet, so much 

 used for hedges; a variety of lilacs (Syringa), including the 

 Rouen lilac, from China, the Pekin lilac, from southern 

 China, the Himalayan lilac and the common lilac, a native 

 of eastern Europe, so frequently cultivated in gardens, and 

 the adelias. To the right of the path and following the 

 storax family is the logania family, with species of Buddleia, 

 including the showy variable buddleia, from China. Follow- 

 ing this is the vervain family, and some of these shrubs are 

 especially attractive in fruit, among them being the purple 

 callicarpa, from China, and the Japanese callicarpa; most 

 attractive is the late-flowering clerodendron, a Chinese plant, 

 whose flowers have a delicious spicy fragrance, much like 

 that of the sweet-pepper bush; the sepals are a beautiful 

 rose color, while the corolla is creamy white; it blooms late 

 in the summer or early fall, when flowers of shrubs are few. 

 We next come to the potato family, shown here by the 

 matrimony vine, a native of Europe, but often found growing 

 wild, its purple flowers followed by bright red berries; most 

 of the hardy representatives of this family are herbs, so must 

 be sought for in the herbaceous grounds, while many of the 

 woody species, and some of the herbs, are tender, and may be 

 found in the conservatories. The succeeding group is the 

 honeysuckle family, to which is allotted a large area, there 

 being many hardy kinds; the viburnums are represented by 

 many species, both from the Old World and the New, such 

 as the cranberry-tree, from north temperate regions, orna- 

 mental by its masses of bright red fruit; the dwarf cran- 



