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smooth aider, 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 {Cercidifhylluni), 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 

 (Jfanthorrhiza), 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 small 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 



