Evening journal., 1901-07-13
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lington long mas been noted ior
se number OF nne trees. Many
specimens adOIn tne slreets,
ana private lawns o. the city,
q elm tree Wnich sJanos in tnel
IS Meeting House yard atFourtn
< EST streeLs, was pianted in the
E Slb. 1t is a majestic old tree
4 huge limbs extend nearly ACROSS
4 treet. Another tree noted for its
d beauty Is the DuttonwOod
stands in a private yard at the
Il rest cCrner OF Delaware avenue
Il est streets. Still another large
n hich is an oak, is to be found in
i lsn yard in Clayton street. III
a ght to be about 100 years old.
a randywine Park there Is to bel
4 the greatest variety Of trees. II
Il arts at Market street and walks
picturesque Brandywine, onel
81 na a great number OF beautiful
& of all one sees some ash trees,
"a ycamores, naples and willows
& the beautiful walk. Then come
"a lin poplars, and beside the race
iid cherry tree which was inI
a short time ago. A sassafras isl
of. and walking on still further
81 es some dogwood trees which
loir flowers in May, but now look
. are.
before one enters the woods al
uren street there are two Lom-
poplars. Then a chestnut in
oCm and a few hickory trees.
Entered in the woods one finds
hat on many trees which l have
before. Besides those, there are
Naved gums, cedars, shellbarks,
,oplsrs, a few walnuts, a great
red and black oaks, beech trees
II their trunks deeply carved
initials. Nearing the rail-
there are to be found
& few butternuts. Looking
still further one sees a group OF
Near Rockford there are TO be
many large white oaks.
he northern park OF the Brandy
Dne can see many locust trees,
locusts and many varieties OF
such as pin and Spanish. There
me pig-nut and cherry trees,
Try, sweet gum, naples, white and
ash, walnut, shelbarKs, sassa-
sycamOrss, buttonwood, tuliI
:. csdars. chestnuts. chestnut
oaks. beech and willows.
le city streets one may see many
ss Of maple trees, such as silver
and Norway. Elm trees also
und and tall poplars, their limb:
ng up nearly TO the tops OF th'
BUttonwOOus, star leaf gum
locusts. chestnuts, horse chest
nd willows are easily distin
d.
silver aud Norway naples botl
q shade trees.
large elm tree, sycamore an'
a about the finest in Wilmington
the rarest specimens the mag
trees in the yard at Tenth an'
streets are very rare. When II
these trees are a beaUtiful sighi
Wilmington and Brandywin
cry are to be found some rar
the California redwood tree
OF Lebanon and pink dogwool
among them.
EDITH PUSEY SIMMONS.
IS are the largest plants OF tn
bic kingdom. and consist Of
roots and branches. They are @
species, the most common bein
cak (red, white, black an
uO, walnut, hickory, poplar
rt. cedar. pine, beech, bircl
ark, willow, linden, maple, gun
od, ash. elm and mulberry.
re also are many fruit trees, th
Common being cherry, apple, peacl
pear. ounce and apricot, Tn
Of this State is taken from th
tree, namely the blossom.
bs Of the same species grow
rs from ten to twenty as in th
between Rodney and Frankli
listers of beech. ash and poplar
largest tree in my observation
city of Wilmington is a whit
ituated at Tenth and Franklii
e old Caesar Rodney propert
this tree Is aspiring which is or
10 best in the city and whel
people have quenched the
next largest is a sycamore {
ball. situated at Delaware avenl
Vest streets, in Doctor Garrett
This tree, if 1t could have hear
emarks about its beauty. wou
v vain.
third tree is in Rockford Pai
lie John BanCrofts house. Tn
an oak and has many branch
it in which many people hal
their weary limbs.
fourth is an oak situated at Il
gate of the race that runs to Il
works in Brandywine Park. Tn
as the longest branch Of any tr
saw.
age Of trees is distinguish,
number of rings in the trun
ing represents a year.
probable age OF the llrSt tree
one hundred.
age of the second aicut fifty.
third and fourth are about fort
3randywine Park Is the create
N Of trees. Between Rodney al
lin streets may be found on
ut, walnut, cedar poplar, map
)u'iefnut, mulb berry, hickory. dc
pine, shellbark, beech. hirc
sh and willow.
he city streets may be fCli
linden. horse-ches,nut, Norw;
and sycamore.
{ maple is 'the best shade tree
IS are distinguished by the
W and bark. and sometimes ba
Where trees grow the count
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