Schott's Original Miscellany is a book written by Ben Schott[?] in 2002. It consists of many bits of trivia generally centered on the culture of the United Kingdom (and to a lesser extent the rest of the European Union). Schott plans two follow-ups: one on sport and one on food.
... conifers; while farther south the maple, mountain ash and oak, as also the Japanese Panax ricinifolium, the Amur cork[?] (Philodendron amurense), the spindle tree[?] ...