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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 west 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 [Mains), 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. 



