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itis highly esteemed; it is also used for wooden-ware and 
paper pulp. To the north of the buckeye family is the 
linden family. The American linden, or basswood, found 
over the eastern parts of North America, is here; it produces 
a large amount of lumber under the name of whitewood, 
which is used in the manufacture of wooden-ware, furniture, 
and carriage bodies; it is also largely used in the manu- 
facture of paper pulp. Another species is the cordate linden, 
a native of Europe and Siberia, and a third is the white, or 
silver, linden of eastern Europe. 
Next in the sequence comes the ginseng family, repre- 
sented by several species of aralia; many other species of 
this family will be found at the conservatories. West of 
these is the ebony family, represented by the persimmon or 
date-plum (Dzospyros), a native of the southeastern United 
States; its wood is preferred for the manufacture of shuttles ; 
its fruit contains tannin, which gives it its astringent proper- 
ties; this fruit, when fully ripe, is eaten in large quantities 
in the southern states, and is also offered for sale in the 
markets of the north; the Indians of the south at one time 
made bread of the dried fruit. Few members of this family 
are hardy in this latitude, so other representatives must be 
sought for at the conservatories. 
Beyond the ginseng family, on the western slope of the 
hill, is the olive family, represented by several species of the 
ashes (/raxinus), some of which are useful for timber. The 
common European ash is to be seen, and among North Am- 
erican representatives are the green ash; the Texas ash, 
restricted to that state; the Biltmore ash, from Pennsylvania 
to Georgia; the white ash and the red ash are common; 
Bunge’s ash, a native of China, is also represented. Follow- 
ing to the north is the figwort family, represented by Paui- 
ownia, a native of Japan. Terminating the sequence is the 
trumpet-creeper family, represented by species of Catalfa; 
among these is the Indian bean, a native of woods in the 
Gulf States, and Kaempfer’s catalpa, from China. 
