The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
DAUGHTERS OF THE
 AMERICAN REVOLUTION

t10Se. soo. Jane NcCrea, 1777," Is an inscription that was seen for a lonr while on a large pine tree near Fort Edward, on the Hudson. This tree was the silent witness of the death of tho brave girl whose scalp was taken by an Indian to Burgoyne's camp and sold. whereat her lover. who recognized 1t asserted the army that would allow such practices.
 Tn New York the megaphone men on ene tourist cars will point out a group pr two or three sour gum trees in the nelghborhood of 18th Street and Fifth avenue, and tell you that these are all that Is left of the thirteen trees that Aiexander Hamilton planted in honor or the original colonies. Near l59th street there are said to be some of the iamous cypress trees of the old Jumel estate stili standing. they having been present to MT. JImel from Napoleon. who brought them from Egypt. The growth of the metropolis has spared the elms in the yard of the Little Cnurch Around the Corner.
 New Haven has been known for many generations as the City of Films, the hrst having been brought there rom Hampden by William Cooper, and given to the Reverend Pierpont. On the green stands an elm known as the Franklin elm, having been bought by Thaddeus Beecher from one Jerry AL len for a pint of rum and some trifles" and planted on the day that Franklin died. For many long years . mulberry tree stood to mark the place where the Calverts and the Indians made tho treaty that gave Maryland to the Cath Churcn furniture was made of 1t for use In the ancient town of St. Mary's and the Bishop of Maryland has e gavel made from a bit of it. The strength of tree is almost incredible Al Jamestown a sycamore grew up be- tween the graves of Commissary Blair and his wife. It carried one-third of Mrs. Blair's tomb three feet above the surface, holding 1t fast in a crotch while the roots and the body of tho tree shattered into tiny bits the from stone slab that marked the com- missary's tomb.
 On the eastern borderland of Tennes- see. far up in the mountains, there stood for many years a tree bearing this legend. ID. Boon killed a bar on this tree year 1760." It was a rough hunter, and was a familiar landmark to travellers and hunters for many years Further inland, near the banks of the Cumberland. at Bledsoes Lick, an old hollow tree stood for many years. One hundred years ago . man named Spencer spent the winter in it. His house was not so pretentious as that of the California settler who, hav- ing neither time nor money to build. found a hollow redwood and immedi- ately converted 1t into two-story dwelling. He had a living room down stairs and a bedroom above. and lived there several years with his family. Not far away from him stood the larg- est tree in the world. the Abraham m In lad khA uring eighteen feet in diameter and S20 feet in height.
 The liveoaks of California are a fea- ture in themselves. the largest one measuring ten feet in diameter. being in Tulare County. Those on the cam pus of the University grounds at Berk- ley are especially noted for their beau ty. and also attract attention from the fact that some of them exemplify mod ern methods of tree salvation and pro- tection. Where decay has set in tho foresters have carefully cut out the diseased spots in the same way that dentists treat teeth. putting in a filling of cement to prevent. further decay
 Farther down the coast, in Santa Bar bara County. is the largest grape vine in the world. It is called La Para Grande. and was planted s3 years ago by Joaquina Lusodi Ayala, a Spanish woman. The trunk of the vine meas ures nine feet nine inches in circum- ference Though pruned every year. its branches cover quarter of an acre, and 1t takes sixty large posts to hold up the trellis on which 1t spreads. Tho present owner, Jacob Wilson, has been offered $8,000 for 1t. the would-be pvr- chasers meaning to move 1t to worlds fairs. In the old mission yard at Santa Barbara is a pepper tree under which the maids of Queen Victorias daughter daily prepared her tea during the win ter she spent in California.
 A once noted tree of the Middle West was the Miami apple tree that stood at the junction of the St. Mary and St. Joseph rivers. It must have sprung from seed dropped by a French priest or trader long ago. In a wigwam un- der this tree, the Miami chief. Wild Cat, was born. Other apple trees were found down the valleys by the first settlers, though they were not of a kind indigenous to the soil, Many be- lieved them to have been planted by a pitiful old crazy man known as Apple seed Johnny" who came to the settle ments east of the Alleghenies every fall. collected great bags full of apple seed from the cider mills. and then dis appeared over the western mountains with them. He had an idea that as ap- pies were of great benefit to man, the trees SnOulu De pidnteQ Tn time 10 De ready for the settlers who would one day populate the valley. When the tide of home seekers finally turned that way. there was great asronishment and rejoicing over the waiting trees. rich in flower and fruit Such practical foresight can rarely be found in the hobbies of crazy men.
 In Audubon Park. New Orleans. stand the famous live oaks that helped make ha a uyha 1t was the property of M. DeBore. who discovered the process of refining su- gar. Audubon studied under these oaks when a guest on the plantation. In Charleston stands a famous mag nolia under which a treaty was signed { so long ago no one knows what 1t was about. On the road from Orange to fredericksburg. Va. near Rhodesville, Is the oak under which the Marquis de Lafayette's tent was pitched as he su- perviscd the building of the military road during the Revolution. For many years Pontiacs Memorial tree was pointed out to visitors In Detroit, and near Kings Mountain in North Caro- lima is the Tory Tulip Tree" On wh ose lower branches two Tories were hanged after the battle of Kings Mountain The botanical gardens at Washing ton are rich in trees that have associa- tions. as almost every man of promi- hence in political and literary affairs has planted one. A cypress from the seed that Mrs Jefferson Davis brought. looks across the walk to a beech that Sumner. the abolitionist, was instru- mental in having put out. The handi- ,,ork of nrestdents and potentates of