Arizona republican., 1909-05-23
FRIENDSHIP GROVE
 SOMETHING NEW
 FAMOUS MEN Grover Cleveland, cx-Vic. President Fairbanks, Andrew Carnegie, Joseph Jefferson Thomas
 Bailey and Others.

New York, May lS.-(Special corre-
 of the most remarkable of living
 memorials to famous men is the
 friendship grove" which is a feature of the eX-commodore of the Seawan-
 haka -Corinthian Yacht club. near
 Greenwich, Conn. MT. Benedict has
 been widely known for many years as
 a yachtsman and business man and
 as Grover CIeveland's most intimate
 friend in private life. It was on
 board his yacht that many of the i'm portant acts of MT. CIeveland's public life were decided upon and he has been on terms of c;ose friendship
 with many other leaders in public, business and professional life. Prob ably more prominent men have been entertained at his magnificent Italian villa overlooking Long Island Sound than at any other country house in America
 To commemorate these friendships NJ. Benedict has induced some of his distinguished visitors to plant trees which have been named for them in a plot of ground close to his house These trees. which have been plant ed on different occasions during the past dozen years stand close to- gether and form a grove that prob ably has no like elsewhere. The group of trees is stiii a small one for the great banker has been exceed ingly careful about admitting new members to his miniature hall of fame, but it includes arboricultural representatives almost as varied as have been the personalities and achievements of the men whose fame and friendship they perpetuate. Presi- dent Cleveland, Andrew Carnegie, Jo- seph Jefferson, the famous actor, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the poet, John G. Carlisle and former Vice President Fairbanks are among those who have added to this remar1aDle memorial grove and the trees Dy which they are represented range from spread ing chestnuts and lindens to oaks and evergreens.
 The palace of honor in this denmark able grove, both in point of time and in the place which the man who planted it holds in the friendly af- fections of the owner, belongs to the Cleveland tree. This is a sturdy chestnut, the rots of which were cov- cred with earth by a spade in the hands of the eX-president on April 27. 1897, little more than a month after he had retired from the White House for the second time In fact the nucleus of the friendship grove may be considered a memorial to the sec ond Cleveland administration for it consists, in addition to the Cleveland tree, of two other planted by William l.. Wilson and John G. Carlisle, both members of President C1eveland's cab met Directly after ne mad given up the chief magistracy of the nation, MT. Cleveland paid u visit to the country home of his old friend, Mir. often relied and among the other guests were John G Carlisle, who had just retired from the position of sec retary of the terasury and William l.. Wilson, who had served President Cleveland as postmaster general.
 It was at this time that the idea of the friendship grove originated Some reference having been made to the presence together of three of the | mn most prOminntly idntified with the | Cleveland policies, it was suggested ! that they should commemorate the | occasion by each planting a tree t. | bear his name. MT. Benedict imme- | 1iately had the ground prepared: | hree fine young saplings were | brought from the woods on the estate nd were planted close together as the hree men had been during the busiest md most important period of their ives.
 Precedence was given to MT. Cleve-