The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-09
STATES TO SEND
CAPITAL TREES
Washington Streets Will
Be Lined With Growth
From the States

WASHINGTON. 49, Tho hail OF
fame for trees with history being
compiled by tho American Forestry
association will be reproduced for
transplanting IN Washington's ma
tional arborctum." Plans have been
worked out by Lieut.. Col. Q. O.
sheriff. and Maj y. l.. Wcart. OF the
department OF public buildings and
grounds, whereby many of the trees
ana shrubs I'm tho capital are being
marked with their common names so
that the residents and thousands OF
visitors may know the various trees.
Each one OF these trees has seen
history made ~ marks ii historic
spot said Charles LlthrOp Pack,
president Of the American Forestry
association, In future years tho ma
tou's capital is tp hc q national ar
burCtuiu, aud the nation should be
congratulated ON the plans being
made to this oud. Trees and shrubs
arc being marked In plan English,
so that not only the residents OF the
nations capital, but the thousands
Of visitors can see the famous and
interesting trcos This is Of highly
educational value, ana every city iu
the country should mark It's trees In
The same way
Indiana is the first state 10 be
represented. Dumont Kennedy. uf
wfordsyllc. has sent In "A box OF
seeds from The famous Dumont
Kennedy Elm. This tree has
spread OF 90 fcct, is as feet high and
Is 4 feet / inch IN diameter feet
above the ground
on Lincoln street, but one block
long. IA whore the famous tree
stands. Yet Crawfordsville claims
Wis to Doe tho most famous one
block street i'm the world. on this
street arc five houses. In these
houses were nine boys, all Of whom
once played around this tree. They
all went TO Mexico with Pershing
and all enlisted ia the World war
When they returned there was a big
celebration beneath the tree.
win Broadcast Seed.
Seeds from the Dumont Kennedy
Elm have hccn forwarded by Colonel
Shorr.ll to @, u. Sudworth, dcudrolo-
gist Of the forest service. for propa-
eating purposes, and then some Of
the seedlings viii be set out In ap-
propr.ate plucNs In Washington
other famous trees Will send
"childrou" to Washington for
home ia the nations capital There
u
Docornh, Iowa planted by John Finn
In memory Of Lincoln a fow dnvs
after Lincoln was shot. Finn went
out I'm the woods ana pulled up a
say ling, which he placed on the
street I'm front OF his house. To-day
tho tree is 10 feet high,
Another tree will be the Wash
lngton horse chestnut. at Bath. Pa.
which was presented to General
Brown. one OF his staff, by George
Washington. The sapling came from
Mount Vernon. The circumference
of this tree, feet from the ground,
Is II feet.
List of Trees.
In the list OF famous trees from
which seeds viii como 10 washing
ton are the Sir Joseph Hooker oak
AZ Chico, cal; the wye Mills oak at
EGsiOn, Ind: the Washington wal
nut at Maplewood y. j.: the Wealth
orsIold elm at Middleton, Conn:
the oaks from England at Milford.
Va; the mulberry tree at Spnrtans-
burg, S. C.; the acacia trco at Day
ton, Ohio; the R1ihbunc elm ut Ma
rir't1, ohio; the Bartram cypress at
Philadelphia, Pa; De soto oak at
Tampa, Fla; tho Lafayette uOplar
ngar Geneva, r.. y; Stratford on
Avon oak I'm central park New York
CITY: whittier elm at Havcrhnl
Mass; the McDouOuEh unk. New
orleans, La; the "Grtcn Tree Hotter
at LnClHlrc, iowa, beneath which !.
=. Barnes. who nominated it, and
ono "Wllc" cody played as boys
70 years ago.
There also will be sycamore nj
Fort Ban, now Tiffiu, Ohio; King
stou oak at Kingston, Tom. HI
rord chestnut at tho University Of
California; Bpeking Ridge oak,
BasNng Ridge, y. j.; Tcddy's Do
lirht, at Phelps. " Y: General
Grants tree, Chicago: Wesley oak,
81. Simon's Island Ga: shakes
po1ro tree M the University OF
Rochester, y. y: Webster tree at
Franklin, ". H.; Battle-Ground oak
ana Now Garden oak, Gullford coll
lcEo, y. c.; Treaty oak. Washington;
C&IuCN tree, Council Bluffs, Iowa;
Pomona live oak, Pomona. Cal;
Fremont oak. Oakland, cal: the tree
that owns itself az Athens. Ga.
Cnu"y Greek sycamore. Cauoy
Creek, Ky: Johnston oak nt Corinth
Miss; la Faycttc tree nt Concord,
Y, H. the famous scythe tree at
Waterloo, y. y; the Logan clm atI
Ciraleyiile, Ohio; Ia Fayette's tree
az Battle Of Braudywinc, Chadd's'
Ford, PA. tree planted by Ia Fay
at OF