New-York tribune., 1907-06-30

IN his own dooryard apple tree seventy-fiye
years old. to which large quantity OF cement
has been applied. This done at a cost OF
about 81 80. and the tree is bearing four dif-
ferent varieties Of apples.
The largest filings Mr.. Clarke ever put In n
tree were in the Jonathan Edwards elm in
Northampton, in which three tons OF sand and
cement were used This tree was planted more
than one hundred and sevcnty-five years ago by
Mr.. Edwards In the early part of his ministry in
Northampton The trunk is now about twenty
five feet in circumference. and formerly the tree
had immense spreading branches and was one Of
the handsOmest trees in the state. Much wor,
was involved in treating this tree, and the cx-
pense amounted to about 1925. The tree is pre-
served chiefly for its historic interest its beauty
having been sadly impaired
The fact that Jonathan Edwards formerly
dwelt in the shadow Of this tree IS not the only
interesting association connected with il. on
the site Of the old Edwards home stands n house
in which reared family of celebrated
scholars. This was the Whitney family. com
prising Professor Josiah Dwight whitney. rcol-
ogist metallurgist and member Of tho Harvard
faculty: Professor William Dwight Whitney. of
Yale. the Sanscrit scholar and government phil
ologst. James Lyman Whitney. formerly libra
rian Of the Boston Public Library. Henry
Mitchell Whitney, formerly a professor in Be
lott College and Librarian Il tho Black
stone Memorial Library in Hrauford Conn, and
others The whitney house has been bought for
Betty Allen Chapter, Daughters of tn" American
Revolution. Of northampton. and also will hc
the home Of the Northampton Historical Society
one Of the most Interesting of all trees lu IN"
Connecticut Valley is the Indian house tree, IT.
Deerfieid believed to be nearly two hundred and
fifty years old. The house which formerly stood
by this tree was the one attacked bv the Indians
on February %. 1904 when many white captivcs
were carried away TO Canada and others stain.
The door OF the old house. Scared 10y t'ma-
hawks and bullets. is still preserved in the Me
mortal Hall in Deerlicd. The tree is nearly one
hundred feet in height 1t has been preserved
and strengthened by the of $500 pounds of
cement and heavy iron rods To stay the limbs
Another fine tree that has been preserved by
this means is the General William Shepard elm
in Westield n memorial OF a brave EevolHu'n-
ary officer and the who commanded the
troops which put down Shays's rebellion The
man whom the town OF Wcstfcld is now plan
ming 10 honor by monument in the public
square, and who looked out OF his front parlcr
windows at this tree, one Of the most pict-
uresque figures IN the history Of Western Mas
sachusctts. He native Of Wcstliod and
died in that town in 1877 at the age Of eighty.
lie served in the French ana Indian War under
Lord Amherst and joined the Continental forces
in Cambridge in the spring Of 1875. lie fought
in twenty-five distinct battles Of the Revolution
and became briEadicr general under General
Lafayette. As the head of the county militia
he put down the nsurrccton led by Daniel
ShayS in 1856. the climax Of which came in the
attack upon the arsenal in Springfield and the