New-York tribune., 1881-11-19
TREES IN CENTRAL PARK.
vrxv sprc1xyNs WORTH VISITING

Mn NOT THRIyE--SEvEIAL fLoOH
cEpARs OF LEBANoN-THE sllAk'sfhAN" wv
rERRY TREE PRESENTED BY KATE fih'D ~ 10,
As landscapes with character ioIin auu a.
have been sought by the Orginai 1t.ar.io,
nIantotions Of Central Park, very little a''1L''O'
-, 20 individual trees. Nevertheless
Tow snecimens which one who IS Do'"n'
Ill, ;ncIiped will find worthy of pllgtinuso ~
a. prL There are several trees ana sn'uD' w
h,oL nooiol interest is attached from having oee"
rresented TO the Park Department OF ''on
aosooiotions cIinging to them vi tnis CLASS t"O'o
,oo.t attractive TO the visitor are the tWo 'io0'
- tbe Prince of Wales planted with his OWN
So ,rbep in this country in 1SGO-one OF thehl
on E,glIsh oak and the other an American eIhi'
This ceremony took place one bright October das
soon after the Princes arrival in TINS CITY, ~ 10
said that the line of carriages containing 'ho 10y "
marty and those accompanying it, led by the super
intendent of Police with dignity equal 10 inc 90
siop. reached the Park little past noon Inc Pl"oT
sIotad and prepared for the trees was on the Cent
Drive at the right hand going north snolV us
80 eortb of the Mall. When laul'IoAsiS
s-aeao5 vorno man of refined bearing aIlgnVou
c., a carriage someone IN the crowd sara II was
the Prince. and suppressed cheers were sNoh i,''
Uipbness was slightly pale; probapiV iro'" Wv
fatigues of travel for it was at the tme
reuarked that tolls dotted the track oil roSa o
its uavels that might appall an American
fed ON figures and exercised on railway pies Gu
curious were the spectators to get goo" VIC" VI
n real live Prince that the policemen ana "oiNn'"
with difficulty prevented the circle ""'n '"'5
formed around the spot from being broken "'"Hu
ing by themselves in bunch were 'ho d In w"
r,issio,ers- barmonious for the occasion by great
80 p NJ BIatchford was president, and his
coIleaoues ere Andrew II. Green, Henry u' SUD
Mns W Hutcbins C.. II. Russell and 1. T. / ieiu'
W., all was ready the Prince was addressed oN
Major General Saudford:
The Commissioners have requested you' Sdi'
General Sandford, to do them the favor oI PiIhr
ing here two trees, both fine specimens OF 'heil
kind. They trust that they will flourish long al"
remain a lasting memorial of your visit to the city
anu the Park" A.. ...,,,,, o,,,, from the
head gardener and solemnly handed IL 70 lne
Prince who received IL with a pollie DOW; I Imrio
upon there was capplne OF hanuS. i Iic hibt r and
took a spade, which was particularly pIlEnV @ a.iu
shining from being polished 1or lhe eNGiit Nooliio
said that it was plated with silver, but lheI Meio
not in commanding poSltlOnsl, anu tnlo" ,,',I
earth unou the roots. Next the oak WAS piahleH
about twenty PAGES away. AS Ihe roy Ua',n W -
resumed his carriage there was uSly cucci Inn m
tbe admIriug spectators, and young women vi d
sentimental turn rushed forward ana nileu the'i
handkerchiefs with earth which had Deeh Presseu
by His Hghnesss boots IL Is rela rela.gu M 'iIS PorL
r0yal party after being shown through the "lh}
was driven to tue Mayors house on The BlOOniHelu
Road wheIe DodwOTths Band played "a great
variety of pieces while breakfast was serHeu' N t
The elm has lOurished and now lits us toPnlost
branches many feet into tue air. Its stem is almost
two feet in diameter and its long, graceful DrahChes
reach far out on all sides. The dI0uth dst SUMMER
strlnned il prematurely of much OF It's ioIage YET
there is IN uch in its appearance 10 admire Du' tlle
oak has not been well-tavored: for me lts! leW
wears there was little hope that 1t would retain us
hod ON lite Within the last year IL mas assuuleu
harder appearance, and lis condition VIII allloa'
warrant the conclusion that ls SiIuE.o @ .i iU, an
1opf artIp
looks like dwarf In contour IL pears solle re-
semblauce to a gnarled and kn0tty apple tree oI
stunted growth. The trunk, which Is not more thah
ten inches in diameter, becomes torked al distance
of four feet from the ground and It's topm0st t"Ig
has to content itself with an altitude OF Hetween cen
fifteen and twenty feet. The branches, NuicH are
covered with deep green foliage possess Ill
marked degree the characteristic OF the Tree lor
being crooked and knottedj the lo"eI oh0' "ii''
When the japanese embassy was in this city
several specimens of the Cryptomerla Japohlca
which is indigenous to japan, WERE pan;eu III To Tho
Park with ceremonies and speech-inaSlng. nc
spot selected near the elevation on Mhlch thS
statue of the Falconer now stands buI pr9sGa
that they were too much exposed 10 colu "Ihus III
winter 10 thrive, and they all met win an carry
death This variety is said to hourlei wen III liis
climate if planted judiconsy IN sheltered PlacesJ
There are several specimens in the ParK planted
over twenty years ago, which are IN nOullSh-
ing condition. They stand IN ravne on one 0l the
walks on the west side OF the RalnOle' IheF
trunks are smooth and symmetrical ana me
branches hang in incaed planes like those 0l the
nine family, TO which it belongs; their tops nave,
however been cut off by the frosty winds. A le"
other specimens exist III various parks and gar
A9nr m tbe cnri6ns trees of the Park plantations
are several cedars of Lebanon Two h0urshing
sDecimens stand a slope between one OF the
Ramble walks and the Lake. They have attained a
good height and when fully grown VIII present an
imposipg appearance. Another Lebanon cedar Is
growing near the Mall, hall sinothered ,py
two pines, but the frost has dealt ha[shIy
with ii in its exposed condition, breaking OIL ITS
stem for several feet at the top and cracking
and dlsfguring the trunk. The Duke OF Devon
shire at his place on the Thames near Loudoh' Is
said TO have fine avenue of these trees leading 10
his hOuse They tower 100 feet into the air, and
have trunks four and five feet in diameter. ihe
lower branches touch the ground with Their tips,
and so interlace that under them company OF
soldiers could be concealed. -. ,
gardener, to be shown the Shakespeare mulberry
free which was presented to the Park about two
wears ago by Miss Kate Field lie LED the way to
ibe nursery at Mount ST. Vincent, and pointed down
to a little bush-like tree scarcely two feet IN
height 1t cannot be said to have thriven very
we'll and it is asserted that 1t was not properly
cared for by former gardener Before ITS removal
from the garden of the Mayor OF Strati0rd-on-
Avon by whom it was presented Miss Field, 1t
was much taller but OF less clrcunterehce.
The idea of a Shakespeare mulberry lot Central
Park was suggested at the time OF the Shakespeare
Festival in 1879. Charles L. Flower the Mayor Of
Stratford has fine specimen OF the black mulberry
(mOrus nigral owing in his yard which IL believed
with two Others also III Stratford gardens
to be the coseny of the original tree OF The poet;
is proof of their genuineuess and is striking
contrast 10 the vandalism of the irreverent clergy
man who mercilessly hacked the parent tree to
pieces Mr. Fischer, in speaking Of the Park tree.
saws that it could not be properly called mere
shoot, as it was layer taken sometime in 1871 or
1872 and that there was no reason to doubt its
genuneness.
some time after the tree reached this country ex-
Park Commissioner Wenman then president of the
Board desired TO plant il with appropriate cere-
monies on the anniversary of the poets birthday.
Others laughed him ont OF IT. saying that the tree
was too Young TO figure in public; so il was placed
in the greenhouse at Mount st. Vincent where il
remained until it was set out IN the nursery
gyonnds last spring Notwithstanding its ill-luck