The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-11
Every State in the Union
To be Represented


in the union will be represented in the
new national arboretum in Washing
ton. Seers from trees in the hall Of |
fame for trees with history are be-
ing collected by the American For
estry Association from every state.
Lieut.. Col. C. o. Sheriff. and Maj. d.
l.. Weart of the Department of Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds are work
ing out plans whereby many of the
trees and shrubs in the capital will
be marked with their common names
so that thousands of visitors may
know them.
The first state to send tree seeds is
Indiana. Dumont Kennedy of Craw-
fordsvile has sent in box of seeds
from the famous Dumont Kennedy
Elm.
Many other famous trees will send
children" to Washington for home
in the nations capital. There is the
famous Lincoln blackberry at Decorah
Iowa, planted by John Finn, in mem
ory of Lincoln few days after Lin
NoiilSoiii was SlIoI. hI L lIlH WcIC Out
in the woods and pulled up sapling
which he placed on the street in front
Of his house. Today the tree is 10
| feet high.
Another tree that will be represent
| ed will be the Washington Horse
Chestnut at Bath, Pa, which was
presented to General Brown by
George Washington. The sapling
came from Mt. Vernon.
In the list of famous trees from
which seeds will come to Washington
are the Sir Joseph Hooker Oak at
| Chico, Calf; the Wye Mills Oak at
Easton, Md; the Washington Walnut
at Maplewood, N. j.; the Weathers-
field Elm at Middletown, Conn; the
Oaks from England at Milford, Va;
The Mulberry tree at Spartanburg. S.
c.; the Acacia tree at Dayton, Ohio
| the Rathbone Elm at Marietta, Ohio.
the Bartram Cypress at Philadelphia,
Pa; DeSoto Oak at Tampa, Fla; the
Lafayette Poplar near Geneva, N. Y;
| Stratford on Avon Oak in Central
Park, New York City; Whittier Elm
at Haverhill, Mass; the McDonough
Oak, New Orleans, La; the "Green
Tree Hote" at LeClair, beneath which
j. B. Barnes, who nominated it and
ne willie Cody" played as boys 70
| years ago; the Sycamore at Fort Ball,
now Tiffin, Ohio; Kingston Oak at
Kingston, Tenn; Hilgard Chestnut at
the University of California; Bank
ing Ridge Oak, Basking Ridge, N. D.;
Tcddy's Delight at Phelps, N. y;
Gen. Grants Tree, Chicago, Wesley
| Oak, st. Simon's Island, Ga; Shakes
| ?carc tree at University of Rochester,
| n. Y; Webster tree at Franklin, N.
| H.; Battle Ground Oak and New Gar
den Oak, Guilford College, N. c.;
Treaty Oak, Washington; Council
| Tree, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Pomona
Live Oak, Pomona, Calf; Fremont
Oak, Oakland, Calf; the tree that
owns itself at Athens, Ga; Caney
| Crek Sycamore, Caney Creek, KY;
Johnston Oak at Corinth, Miss; La
| Fayette tree at Concord, N. H.; the
famous Scythe tree at Waterloo, N.
Y. the Logan Elm at Circleville,
Ohio; LaFayette's tree at Battle of
Brandywine, Chadd's Ford, Pa, and
the tree planted by Lafayette at
Yorktown.
Everyone of these trees have seen
history made or marks an historic
spot" says Charles Lathrop Pack,
president of the American Forestry
Association. "In future years the ma
ions capital is to be a national arbo-
return and the nation should be con-
graduated on the plans being made by
Lieut.. Col Sheriff. to this end. Trees
and shrubs are being marked 4 plain
English so that not only the residents
Of the nations capital but the thou
sands of visitors can see the famous
and interesting trees. This is of the
highest educational value and every
city in the country should mark their
trees in the same way"