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the Bronx River. The magnolia family will be found 
mainly in the swale lying between the two ridges, with a 
few specimens on the western slope of the wesi ridge. 
Fraser’s magnolia is one of those to be seen here; it is a 
native of the mountain woods from Virginia to Florida and 
Mississippi. The tulip-tree is shown by a row of fine wild 
specimens just to the south of the long bridge over the Bronx 
River, the largest trees within the grounds of the Garden. 
This tree is native of the eastern United States and yields a 
valuable lumber known as yellow poplar or whitewood; the 
Indians formerly made their canoes from this wood. 
The plane-trees will be found just to the north of the elms. 
Here is a small tree of the oriental plane, native from south- 
eastern Europe to India. A little to the southwest of this is 
a large specimen, native to the grounds, of the American 
plane, known also as the button-wood and button-ball, and 
there are many other wild trees along the Bronx River. 
The oriental plane is largely used as a shade tree in 
Europe, and is sometimes planted in this country. The wood 
of the American plane, or button-wood, is largely used in the 
manufacture of boxes for tobacco, for furniture, and for the 
interior finishing of houses. 
The apple family and the plum family are located to the 
north of the driveway leading to the long bridge. In the 
apple family will be found some of the tree hawthorns and 
thorns, including the Washington thorn, a native of the 
southeastern United States. Following to the west are 
some of the true apples (A/a/us), among them the Siberian 
crab-apple, a native of eastern Asia; the prune-leaved crab- 
apple, a native of northern China and Japan; and Soulard’s 
crab-apple, from the central United States. In the plum 
family, among others, will be found, the rose-bud cherry, a 
Japanese plant, and a highly decorative species; the double 
form of the Japanese flowering cherry, native throughout 
eastern Asia; the ordinary sweet cherry, originally from Eu- 
rope and western Asia, a delicious fruit, of which there are 
many horticultural forms; and the ever-blooming cherry. 
