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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 (Gastanea) 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 



