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together with other woody members of this family. The 

 tanners'-tree family comes next with a single representative, 

 the tanners'-tree, from the Mediterranean region. Follow- 

 ing this is the box family, represented by a number of forms 

 of the box-tree, from Europe, Asia and Japan ; the wood of 

 the box-tree is highly prized for wood-engraving, on account 

 of its hardness and close fine grain, and it takes a tine polish. 

 A few steps further on is the sumac family, to which belongs 

 the common poison ivy, so frequent in and around New York 

 City ; here are the fragrant sumac, the mountain sumac, and 

 the smooth or scarlet sumac, all from the eastern United 

 States ; Osbeck's sumac is a stately shrub from China. The 

 European and the American smoke-trees (Cotinus) are rela- 

 tives of the sumacs ; the former is sometimes called the wig- 

 tree, on account of the flower-clusters which become white 

 and feathery in fruit ; a dye is obtained from it which is called 

 young fustic. 



Crossing the transverse path to the triangle, we find the 

 holly family on the nearest point, shown by the serrate holly 

 and the crenate holly, both from Japan ; the European 

 holly is grown in the conservatories and the American holly 

 at the arboretum. The Virginia winter-berry, of the eastern 

 United States, bears its bright red berries far into the winter. 

 On the opposite corner of the triangle is the staff -tree family, 

 illustrated by many forms of Euonymus ; the European staff- 

 tree, the burning-bush of the eastern United States, the 

 winged spindle-tree of eastern Asia, and Bunge's spindle-tree 

 of the Amur region are shown. Crossing the path to the 

 north of the triangle we come to the maple family; most of 

 the maples are trees, so must be looked for in the arboretum, 

 but here are specimens of the Ginnala maple, from northern 

 China and Japan. Immediately beyond this is the bladder-nut 

 family, represented by species of the bladder-nut (Stafhy- 

 lea), both from the New and the Old World. Following 

 the path to the west, we come to the buckeye family, repre- 

 sented here by the small-flowered buckeye, from the south- 

 eastern United States ; many of the buckeyes and horse- 



