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Several hybrid oaks form interesting parts of the collection. 
The swamp oak, the scarlet oak, the black oak and the 
white oak are to be seen in large wild specimens elsewhere 
in the grounds. 
The chestnuts (Castanea) are represented by the Japanese 
chestnut, of China and Japan. The American chestnut 
was in former years common about the grounds, some of 
the trees being large and of great age. The chestnut 
blight has destroyed or necessitated the destruction of all 
of these trees. The beeches (Fagus) are located in the 
north part of the swale at the west side of the oak family 
reservation. The European beech and its purple-leaved 
variety may both be found here in small, recently planted 
trees; there are large specimens of the purple-leaved and 
weeping varieties of this south of the mansion. Small 
trees of the American beech are also here, but large wild 
specimens may be found along the driveways and paths in 
the vicinity; the wood of the beech takes a high polish and 
is largely used for furniture, while the nuts are edible. 
The uses of the European beech are about the same as 
those of the American. 
The elm family, to which belong the elms, the hack- 
berries, or sugarberries and the water-elms, is located on the 
ridge to the north of the stable. Among the elms (Ulmus) 
to be found here is the Scotch, or Wych elm, a native of 
Europe and Siberia; the late-flowering elm, growing wild 
from Tennessee to Alabama; the cork, or rock elm, of 
northeastern North America; the Chinese elm, of northern 
China and Japan; and the winged elm, or wahoo, of the 
southeastern United States. The American elm and the 
slippery elm are wild in the grounds. The hackberries 
(Celtis) represented are the Georgia hackberry, the dog 
hackberry, and Small’s hackberry, of the southeastern 
United States; and the American nettle-tree, or sugar- 
berry, of eastern North America. The water-elms are 
illustrated by the pointed water-elm, a native of Japan. 
The mulberry family is represented by the osage orange 
