The Washington herald., 1907-10-28

Although much sentimental interest has
~, r.o-l,,5 ar, g., o-,-,sitior 70 .ha
Do'aiIc NaIueh sue loI u'o uId"'
memorial, because the project contem-
plates the removal or tranSplanting OF
certain historical trees. the plans of the
roDr,issio1 ,robarl,- win b.. carried ont
o,.-.t.- go ~. =. Ia =.
ueepiy 4H'eIes'eu III 'iIr pl@"S' anu save
hearty approval 10 them aIIer consiueI-
ing the same in every phase. Gen
Dodge. of the monument commission. is
understood 70 b., ,,rs1..ral,I,- opnosad 10
S'ooO ~ oe una opfo,o1
any chahBe ol .siIe. i Ilesiue"1 A'oo9'
Velts action In directing that the matter
h.. h-t7 a. ,,,-,.,., . .-,,+f7 lf. return di5
49,
not by any means, commit MN 10 tHS
opposition view. and be is now counted
-, - ,...- 90 ss- ss Gs ,,.ftbi, his
~f'' ~ ~'-'7 0
power, any interference with or depart
IRE from, the eaperaI marking plans
.
Inc loiloNlHs SN'la'l A-'-ii ''iC ~i'o''
of Mr.. Frederick Law Olmsted, June 5J,
1854 shows that the transnIanting Of trees.
even In the Capitol siou'us' IS no lie"
thing.
rr,..
Ten years ago more than hundred trees. Of con
siderable size trom % 70 % inches IN grth or about
one foot in diameter on au-aysrase}. were trans
ulan,e5 a, the Cari+1 grounds They were not
in tbr7fr- r7rdirfr
T. v,s ,,,.i5ars5 , ,,,,ss.ir,, ,,e-har -ra trees
Ill - .,..,, 80 -.-1 . o., --;rs ana
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'le "i'i"'1oN was "',yN ''i'-''0 ~ i,' '-1 '''-,
ai'eI"@Iu rs an lll'lle--Is atu ulsts-too9 "l- It.
is therefore desuble that attention should be
q. 81 O.. D.. H.
Tho o,-7it{-r ~ +r-1 ~ tb. +-F. mas r4arFs1 AZ
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ilactu "hete III '4'e Ui t"'i'ie ii'i' eo7'I'e "''
not b important.
After three years they were still living and prom
islng % live, but not TO flourish they, Therefore,
we're felicd.
OF the remainder, no tree has died as The result
] ~ '--e @ ' '- . - c5 Una. ,i ,-, ~ ,-,i
are all nov living and in thriving condition In
general lheH he'aS are muel I4fsT d, wen as
sb"rts8ed in and tbev ars rr-ai-- more 2sridy
than before their removal Their rate Of growth Is
aiSo NOR ISpla than lnat OF utss on '1s sF9na s
removed the rsas5n beng th5t the oil Of the lat
ter could not be thoroughly improved without lift
hiE 'hen. -- s....--.,. -----. ,- -,.-,
the operation has been successful. twenty Of these
transplaHted trees have been measured selecting
80. e.os "--l'l o.S"Isl .. - We. az ~ o'1
urements are given in an arrendix aud supply in
Cices Of the present thrift OF rhe trees
From the appendix accompanying Mr.
Olmsted report II IS found IhaJ among
the trees moved were;
White elm feet II lncaes IN glFth. % feet h'gA
ana @ = iest s"syp, Ln5i-sa s-l' I55l N''ie9 lh
fss+ iDC5ss i1 %-rb 81 s.-- r.5r ,-1 = ,---
sresD. willow oal f-.- inches in .4r+b 40 fssf
ls-l, and Fg gg-l4.. F..r g-r-.. 4-
gTth. . feet high ard s5 feet sweep sugar maple
ieet lnci'es IN s'A, % Zee, LitA aaa q ie't
segeP 80 s"s 41-4-1' ~. '--. 81 - -, % i's.
riTfI, as fe5t bi, and sq fs.- sgsa1. nov sr5sr 2
feet Il inches in rirth s5 feet high ana a feet
sweep; white ash. 4 feet inches IL giIth IS feet
high ana s. Ieet sweep h67se chestnut feet
4-l1'les Ii sl'A' 90 i'el -i-" anu % --7- '"-'p
Afchliects support hF- D"hh-
2r. EDWARD W. Donh' Jri Oh the well
known nFlh o. aIcl-l'ec's' "ooo' DOM q
DeIllhs' voiced the oplnl99h OF aTchllecJS
ana arIlsts seheTaAy III JAe ntefFie"
printed IN Inc " aSHlAs1oN heraiu' some
days ago IN Whleh ne urged JAe wisdom
OF adheTlng 10 the parking plans as orlsi-
nally devised by LEnfanJ Mr.. Donn IS
not only a member Of the American In
stitute OF Architects, but president OF
the Washington chapter, and It is said
that this latter organization is prepared
TO 90 on record IN support or his views,
ana VIII 90 80 at meeting 10 De AeIu
,, a. = Uo 10 ~ ti'-l -
tbera 3s .or,e -sSar,-,,,e-r Of n ,.ocl1t At
tack upon Mr. Dom because he dared
make his opinions known-opinions
shared by his profession generally.
ELor-rTfr- n- q -
Architects Once Of the Treasury, says
II Is ,iy evldehCy a piece OF unpaTaiIeieo
tlpei 'iIlSil'T " t.'9'i'II '-le NlSuOili y.
the ~aaIization Of a r7aqnifica1+ 5eeign
for the irnnroveuen+ of VTashinpton >, bu+
nevertheless he dares EXPRESS views quite
In accord with those Of Architect Dom.
Who LS,evx Of TI,es,. 7-roes
Inc reason put forward LOT biocAlhg
the first steps toward the execution Of
the park commission scheme" said Mr..
Flournoy, is that il would necessitate
the transplantiDg and possible loss of
como t-oos of ,Uaos5 ,,roo, bis,,-;,,1
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ieai'S 80 b'e0' amer al'' "no hlo"S
anything ABOUT Jnem beyond rev Per
sons who have recently informed them
selves for the sake of strengthening their
arguments? How MANY Of our good citi-
zans ever sat beneath their branches and
,,,,sed ,,ron rbo nob1o daads of tba do
s,,nc+ 7,oIiti,iqns who nfap+a5 tbar, f,-
back in the dim. golden past Of perhaps
as much as thirty Or forty years agone?
an, inclined 10 think that an even
more shoclginply large UrODortion than
ooo ,4 - I a70 ,,oo-I. 10, tl,f. .-,,,--.,.r
favored city. were. until very recently.