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water-elm, a native of Japan. The mulberry family is rep- 

 resented by the osage orange (Toxylon) , trees of which may 

 be found to the south of the driveway; it is a native of the 

 central parts of the United States ; the red mulberry and the 

 white mulberry are wild. The cercis-leaf family has for a 

 representative the cercis-leaf, of Japan, located just to the 

 south of the row of tulip trees just east of the Bronx River. 

 The magnolia family is planted in the swale lying between 

 the two ridges. 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 white- 

 wood; the Indians formerly made their canoes from this wood. 

 The laurel family is represented by the sassafras, many trees 

 of which may be found wild in various parts of the Garden. 

 The sweet gum (Liquidambar) , also wild in the grounds, rep- 

 resents the witch-hazel family. 



The plane-trees are to 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 may 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 {Mains), among them the Siberian 



