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producing districts of both hemispheres. Note the sub-series 
showing by specimens the process of harvesting, cleaning and 
separating the berry. A series of the Coffee standards of this 
country. A series of Coffee extracts. A series of sophisticants 
and adulterants; Soja beans, split peas. Job’s tears, rice, barley, 
wheat, chicory, etc., toasted for this purpose. A series of mock 
coffees and coffee substitutes, sometimes termed Health Coffees. 
The Tea Family {Ternstroemiacece') . 
Case 47. — A representative series of Japanese Teas (Thea 
sinensis). See also Cases 33 and 34 for Ceylon Teas, and Case 
484 for various tea products. 
The Holly Family (Ilicinece) . 
Case 48. — A long series of the different forms of Mate or 
Paraguay Tea (Ilex Mate) so largely used as a beverage by the 
peoples of temperate South America. 
The Bean Family (Leguminosce) . 
(See also Cases 57 to 62 and 466 to 473 inclusive.) 
Cases 49 and 50. — The most important varieties of Beans 
(Phaseolus and Vida). A large series of this important ni- 
trogenous food seed. 
The Sumac Family (Anacardiacece) . 
Case 51. — An interesting family having many useful and 
several poisonous members scattered in all climates of the 
globe. Among them note the Sumacs (Rhus), of which the 
red-fruited species are innocent and the yellow, papery fruited 
species poisonous. The Japanese Lacquer plant (Rhus verni- 
cifera) which yields the poisonous juice so largely used in 
Japanese art. Note the berries and their resemblance to those 
of our Poison Sumac of the swamps (Rhus vernix), and Poi- 
son Ivy (Rhus radicans) of the sand lots and dune regions. 
Note Japanese Wax, Mokuro, from the seeds of the Lacquer 
tree (Rhus vernidfera) and Ju-ro yielded by those of Rhus 
suaveolens. Note the Cashew (Anacardium ocddentale) an 
edible fruit (?) with an acrid, poisonous, nut-like seed borne 
outside; and the Mango (Mangifera indica) one of the deli- 
cious fruits of the tropics. Note also that Pistach Nuts (Pis- 
