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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 {Forsythid), from China ; a num- 



