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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 



