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mulberry family, represented here by specimens of the 

 Russian mulberry. 



The crowfoot family occupies a space just to the north of 

 the willows west of the path, and is represented by the 

 moutan or tree peony, from China, and the shrub yellow- 

 root (Xanthorrhiza), from the southeastern 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 bar- 

 berries and mahonias occur here. Among the barberries 

 may be mentioned: the common barberry, native from 

 Europe to eastern Asia, 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 spine- 

 toothed barberry, from the Himalayan region; the mahonias 

 are represented by the Oregon grape, from northwestern 

 North America; and the Japanese mahonia, distributed 

 from the Himalayan region to China and Japan. The 

 magnolia family occurs a little back from the path, be- 

 tween the crowfoot and barberry families; there are here 

 several species of shrubby magnolias, and others will be 

 found at the deciduous arboretum. The strawberry- 

 shrub family is located on the point dividing the paths, 

 opposite the mulberries already referred to; here may be 

 found several species of the strawberry-shrub, and the 

 oriental sweet-shrub, from China and Japan. A short 

 distance to the north of the strawberry-shrub family is 

 the laurel family, represented by the spice-bush (Benzoin), 

 a native of northeastern North America; as the different 

 kinds of flowers, staminate and pistillate, are borne on 

 different plants, only those having pistillate flowers bear 

 the bright red berries in the summer and autumn. In 



