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Turning eastward again, standing^ close behind Superintendent 

 Smith's cottage, or ''keep," is the 'Frank Blair tree," a hackberry 

 planted 25 years ago from a cutting brought from Kentucky by the 

 elder Blair, the father of General Frank P, Blair, of Missouri. Super- 

 intendent Smith calls it the "necessity tree," from the fact that the 

 birds in the garden never go near it to eat the Vierries or seeds until 

 cold weather comes and no better food can be had. 



A stone's thro^v from the " Albert Pike tree," and close by the 

 western end of the conservatory, is a young sapling, christened by 

 Captain Smith as the " Confucins-Daua-Cammings tree," seven feet 

 high. It is a Chinese oak, and has a unique history, considering it» 

 youth. It was planted last spring by Congressman Amos J. Cummings^ 

 of New York, from a stem presented to Superintendent Smith by 

 Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York " Sun," who had caused it 

 to be raised by his talented gardener, William Faulkner, at his country 

 place on Long Island, from an acorn picked from the grave of Confu- 

 cius, in China, and forwarded by a friend while traveling in the Flowery 

 kingdom. It is doing remarkably well under the tender care it re- 

 ceives, and its long name is not likely to retard its growth. 



Farther down, toward the western end of the garden, is the 

 "Holman tree," a beautiful Chinese fir, planted in the spring of 1861? 

 by the "great objector," or "watch-dog of the treasury," who is still 

 in active harness in Congress. It is now 25 feet tall, and hundreds of 

 cuttings have been taken from it to ship elsewhere for the dissemina- 

 tion of the species in other parts of the country where it has not been 

 introduced. In the vicinity of this is the "Tim Campbell tree," a 

 small leaved elm from Siberia, planted two years back by the genial 

 Congressman from the East side of New York city; and near it is the 

 " Garland tree," a zelkova, planted five years ago by A. H. Garland, 

 President Cleveland's first Attorney-General. 



Over on the west side also is the "Blackburn tree," a graceful, big- 

 leaved magnolia, set out by the Kentucky Senator in 1879. Not far 

 from it is the "Bayard tree," a red-leaved British oak, planted by the 

 present American minister to the court of Saint James seven years 

 ago, while he was serving as Secretary of State. 



Near the west gate of the garden is the "Sherman tree," a whole- 

 some buckeye, planted by the senior Senator from Ohio in the spring 

 of 1891. It bears a tag on its stem to indicate its species. A dozen 

 paces off is the "Frye tree," a curiously variegated "freak" maple from 

 the Scottish highlands, planted two years ago by the Maine Senator in 

 presence of Superintendent Smith, who happens to be of Scottish 

 blood, and who stood by watching the operation in silent rapture and 

 admiration. — San Francisco Express. 



