Evening star., 1921-02-27
TREES OF THREE AMERICANS
ON EBRUARY'S ROLL OF FAME
Lincoln, Washington and Kit Carson Asso-
ciated With Those Which Recall
Dates In This Month.

Noted trees having to do with inn
portant dates in February are given
a place in the hall of fame for trees
with a history which the American
Forestry Association is compiling. In
the monthly announcement of nomina-
tions is a tree planted IN memory OF
Abraham Lincoln when he was as
sassinated. a tree given by Gen.
George Washington to his friend,
Gen. Brown. and a tree On which Kit
Carson carved his name.
The Lincoln tree is standing at Au-
gusta, Me-. in front of S5 Court street.
1t was a tiny shoot when placed on
April is, the day Lincoln died. by Mrs.
Reuben Partridge, who had her sons,
Charles, Frank and Allan. help her
place this memorial maple in honor OF
the President. Mrs. Partridge is still
living and as far as known she plant
ed the only Lincoln memorial tree the
day the President died. Another Linz
coin memorial tree reported to the
American Forestry Association was
planted by John Finn at Decroh.
Iowa, few days after the assassi-
nation.
Gen. browns Tree
The Washington horse chestnut
near Bath, Pa, is nominated Tor
place in the hall OF fame for trees
by Asa X McIlhaney because the tree
came from Mount Vernon. Gen. Wash
ington presented it to Gen. Brown OF
revolutionary fame and Gen. Brown
planted it in front Of his old home,
where it stands today. The base cir
cumference of the tree. Mr.: McIlhaney
! informs the American Forestry Asso-
citation, is twenty-seven feet and seven
inches, while six feet from the ground
the girth is seventeen feet.
Mr.. McIlhaney has letter from
James Russell Lowell. the poet, who
was born on February 22. the birth
date of George Washington. The
letter was written in regard to the
value of tree planting. The letter Is
thirty years old in April, and was
| bassador to Great Britain just four
months before he died, on the occa-
sion Of the planting of tree for
Lowell by the school children of
Bath. on his birthday. The letter fol-
lows:
81 sympathize warmly with the gra-
cious object for the furtherance of
which Arbor day was instituted. 1
have planted many trees, and every
summer they repay me with an abun.
on them but whispers benediction.
often think of the Scottish farmers
words, quoted by Scott: 'Baye stickin'
in tree, Jock; twill be CROWN
while we're sleepin'' In my child
hood I put a nut into the earth. from
which sprang a horse chestnut tree,
whose trunk has now girth of eight
feet, and sustains a vast dome of
verdure, the haunt OF birds and bees,
and of thoughts as CHEEKY as they.
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dation Of structure OF which the
seasons (without care of ours) shall
be the builders. and which shall be a
| joy to others when we are gone.
"I need not say how great a pleas
ure 1t is to me that my young friends
| tree Of their planting. wish I could
be with them to throw the first
shovelful of earth upon it's roots"
Kit Carson Event.
To mark the seventy-seventh an
niversary of the discovery of Lake
Tahoe by Col. Fremont. February 20,
1874, the American Forestry Associa-
| ton announced the Kit Carson tree.
on which the scout had carved his
name while at the camp, had been
given a place in the hall of fame for
trees with a history. The nominal
Carson City, New. who sends
sketch of the trees location made by
Mr.. Preuss. the artist who accom-
| panied the Fremont expedition that
| left Kansas City. May. 1s43. :.
Another most interesting relic of
| this expedition. the twelve pound
brass howitzer which had been
mounted on wheels and dragged ali
| the way from Kansas City until it
had been regretfully abandoned in
! the SHOWS on the west fork of the
| Walker. now stands under a pine at
| Tahoe City overlooking the lake.
Arbor days this spring in the vari-
! Gus states are: Arkansas March S:
Is; Connecticut. April. by procIama-
| ton: Idaho. April. by proclamation:
| Illinois. by proclamation: Indiana.
| April IS; Iowa and Kansas. by procla-
! nation; Maryland, April 8; Massa-