The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-22
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of the Rocky mountains. 1t is grand
old tree. and, in its rugged and sturdy
appearance, fit rival of the mighty
oak. The huge branches shoot
out from the trunk at a compare
lively short distance from the ground.
and each one of these branches is large
enough to make respectable tree by
itself. The circumference of the trunk
feet above the ground is 50 feet and
inch. Six feet up, coming to what
might be called the waist of the tree.
the circumference is 90 feet inch. and
at height of 8 feet the circumference
attains its largest girth at S215 feet.
The circumference of the five main
branches range from IL to IS feet.
Measuring around the roots of the tree
at point where they extend into
the ground, we have the enormous cir
Gle of $50 feet. An area 464 feet in cir
conference is covered by the vast out
spreading limbs. Until two years age
the area was 4s7 feet, but furious ice
! storm Topped of some of the outer
branches.
In Windsor, the oldest Connecticut
settlement, are several grand old elms,
and there is one which, it is claimed, is
trifie larger than the Wethersfield
elm. But this statement has never
been conclusively proved.
The little village of Sheffield, Mass. :,
possesses an elm which has been ia
nous for many years, both for its size
and the towering sweep of its branches.
Its trunk is about sixteen feet in cir
conference, and the topmost branches
rise many feet above the SUBMITS of
the other trees in the vicinity. 1t is
/ plainly visible at considera bic dis
lance, and persons in that portion of
the Berkshire hills seldom fail to see
the famous Sheffield elm.
One of the grandest elms in all New
England. so far as beauty and symmet-
nv of form are concerned, stands on a
fine old farm in Canaan, Conf. This 10
way up in the northwestern part of the
state, very near the Massachusetts
boundary line. The locality is lonely
one. being in the Berkshire hills, and
It would seem as though nature, in
making all the surrounding country sc
| delightful, had put forth her best en-.
e-gies to produce trees which should
not only harmonic with, but add
TO the universal beauty Of the
landscape. This Canaan elm Is
about three-quarters of mile from
the railroad station, and a short dis
tance off from the road to Ashley
Falls It is plainly visible, however,
from the railroad train, and has
elected general admiration from hun
dreds of travellers King T. Sheldon,
| of Winsted, has travelled nearly all
over New England and seen scores OF
beautiful trees, but he has no hesitan-
cy in saying that this Canaan elm is
by far the handsomest, the most grace.
full and symmetrical tree he has ever
seen To lover of grand trees this
elm is worth making a special journey
TO see. In the summer its limbs,
spreading out from the trunk, appear
lost, after ascending a few feet, IN a
dense mass of rich foliage, while the
lower branches, STOPPING down as II
to touch the earth, and gently sway
! ing in the breeze, seem to invite one
to find quiet and repose beneath the
generous and refreshing shade SO
( symmetrical is IL on ali sides that the
outward contour forms almost a CON-
/ plete seni-circle from the ground clear
over its sumnit-N Y. Times.