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tree, which is also known as the button-wood and button- 

 ball, and there are many other wild trees along the Bronx 

 River. Specimens of the oriental plane, a native from 

 southeastern Europe to India, will also be found here. 

 This is largely planted as a shade tree in Europe, and is often 

 used in this country for the same purpose. 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 (Malus), among them the Siberian 

 crab-apple, a native of eastern Asia; the cherry-leaved crab- 

 apple, presumably a natural hybrid, originally from Siberia; 

 the American crab-apple, from the eastern United States, 

 the western crab-apple, and Soulard's crab-apple, from 

 the central United States. In the plum family, among 

 others, may be found the rose-bud cherry, a Japanese plant, 

 and a highly decorative species; the ordinary sweet cherry, 

 originally from Europe and western Asia, a delicious fruit, 

 of which there are many horticultural forms. 



Along the path in the little swale running to the west is a 

 collection of the Japanese flowering cherries which are so 

 highly admired by the Japanese, and this admiration is 

 shared by all who see these specimens at the height of 

 their loveliness which here is about the last week in April or 

 the first in May. There are about one hundred trees in 

 the collection, the blossoms from single to double, and the 

 colors ranging from white to the deepest rose, and one with 

 the blossoms a yellowish green, quite in contrast with the 

 remainder. There is also in this collection a group, oc- 

 cupying the point dividing the paths, of the Japanese weep- 

 ing cherry; this blossoms two or three weeks earlier than the 

 others; its long drooping branches, clothed with delicate 



