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referred to below in this sequence. Woody vines are grown 

 at the viticetum. 



The pine family, represented among others by low- 

 growing junipers and pines, begins the sequence to the 

 southward of the approach to the long bridge. The next 

 is the willow family, beginning across the road from the 

 pine family; this group is located on both sides of the path 

 and comprises many forms from various parts of the world; 

 the family is largely an inhabitant of temperate regions, so 

 many species can be grown here. The bayberry family 

 occurs across the driveway from the willows, occupying a 

 position on the bank overlooking the water garden. Here 

 may be found the sweet-fern, a native of eastern North 

 America; the sweet gale, at home in north temperate re- 

 gions; and the waxberry or bayberry, common in north- 

 eastern North America; the berries of the latter have a 

 covering of wax, which is separated by throwing the 

 berries into hot water, when the wax melts and rises to 

 the surface, where it is skimmed off; it is still used to 

 some extent in making candles. The monotypic corkwood 

 family is represented by the corkwood (Leitneria) of the 

 southern United States, which has proven to be hardy here 

 at the foot of the terrace, its catkins flowering early in the 

 spring. The birch family follows the willows on the east 

 side of the path; here are the hazel-nuts, the alders and the 

 shrubby birches; the common hazel-nut, of eastern North 

 America, and the beaked hazel-nut, from northern North 

 America, also the common hazel-nut or filbert of Europe, 

 and others; the smooth alder, common along streams 

 and in swamps, in the eastern United States, is also here. 

 Following the birch family on the same side of the path 

 comes the beech family; here may 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 may therefore be 

 found in the aboretum. Immediately following this is the 



