Evening star., 1901-05-25

Square, and from these trees have been
propagated all the oriental planes IN WASH
ington, including, of course, those that
border the main walk between the Peace
monument and the Capitol terrace.
Close by the parent plane are an Engiish
oak planted by Mr.. Bayard of Delaware
while American ambassador to the court
of st. James, a European oak (quercus den
tacusb planted by Proctor Knott at about
the time of his speech in derision of Duluth,
an American oak planted by Senator Con-
ger of Michigan, a cut-leaved oriental syca-
more planted by Daniel VOORHEES, while
a senator from Indiana, rock elm plant
ed by Stoddard Johnson of Kentucky,
Japanese god tree and magnolia con-
spicua planted number of years ago by
Senator J. c. S. Blackburn, an American
oak from an acorn gathered and planted
by Rutherford Il. Hayes while President Ct
the United States and a European linden
planted by Major Hoxie, L. S. A.
On the main walk somewhat west of the
greenhouse are two winged elms thirty
years old, one of which was planted by Let
M Morrill, of Maine and the other by JUS
tin S. Morrill, of Vermont.
Recall WeII-E<nown People.
The Holman tree a Crimean fir, planted
by Representative Holman of Indiana,
grows near the west end of the green
house and south of the main walk, and
hard by it grows an Irish yew, planted by
Superintendent Smith in memory of the
Murphy brothers. congressional Stenogra-
piers. Along the main walk is a young
horse chestnut. planted in place of one set
by Senator Vance of North Carolina, which
was broken down by wind two or three
years ago. Nearby is a linden, in memory
Of Representative Singleton of mississippi;
an Austrian maple, set by the North Caro-
lima delegation in Congress ten years ago.
and an evergreen tree in remembrance OF
the works of Allen Ramsey, the Scotch
poet, and which was grown from seen
from a tree in vale near Edinburgh, cele-
brated by Ramsey in his Gentle Shep-
herd"
Two features of the garden are pair
OF Lebanon cedars, one planted by Sena-
tor Hoar and the other by Senator Ev-
arts The seeds from which these trees
We're grown came from the Holy Land,
and the type of tree has, it is believed by
bOtanists. undergone no change since
Scriptural times.
At the east end of the garden, and not
far from the Crittenden oak, is the Beck
elm, planted 10y Senator Beck of Kentucky.
Scattered about the grounds are trees set
by Representatives. Littletield of Maine.
Mccall of Massachusetts, and Davidson OF
Florida. by Senator Frye and John Sher-
man. One of the youngest trees, the baby
of the grove, is a little oak set out about
one week ago by James Wilson Secretary
of Agriculture.
At the south front of the extra tropical
greenhouse is a blackberry planted by Fran
els p. Blair In the southeast corner of
the garden is little live oak set out two
years ago by Governor Sayers of Texas
mere Is also Il young tree KNOWN IN the
garden Senator Jones of Arkansas"
Forming the north angle of a triangle
with the Crittendcn and Beck trees is one
planted by Mr.. Smith in honor of AeXan
der r. Shepherd, The tree was nurtured
with the idea that Ex-Governor Shepherd
would set it. but about six years ago the
superintendent of the garden being disap-
pointed by the failure of the ex-governor
To visit Washington. planted the tree.
The sumner Tree.
There stands in the southern part of the
garden descendant of the Sumner tree,
which was of the beauties of the Cap
itOl grounds years ago 1t is called the
Standardization tree, a handsome Speci-
men of hOrnbeam. During certain improve
ments in the Capitol grounds the destruc
ton of magnificent hOrnbeam, which
grew but a stones throw from the Senate
wing. contemplated by the landscape
architect. A magnificent plea for the life
of this tree was made in the Senate by
Charles Sumner. The plea prevailed and
the Improvement plans were so modified as