Notes on Burlington Trees 60b 



The English cork ehn is to be seen not infrequently in cultivation. 

 There is a cluster of small trees on the College park near Prospect street, 

 about opposite Professor Torrey's. A larger but less corky tree stands on ^ 

 the Hutchinson lawn, 178 South Prospect street. 



A typical specimen of the weeping elm may be seen on the lawn of 

 Mr. Pope, 371 Main street. Another stands in Mr. Morse's lot just north of 

 the Medical college grounds on Prospect street. 



The white elm is the common shade tree of the city. A majority of the 

 larger trees in the street rows were planted soon after the destruction of the 

 locusts by the borer which occurred about 1845. One of tlie landmarks of 

 the city is the large elm standing at the northwest corner of the Taft resi- 

 dence, 397 Pearl street. Mr. E. C. Loomis says that this was planted 

 there nearly ninety years ago. The College street elms offer a good oppor- 

 tunity to trace the development and longevity of these trees. Mr. Edward 

 Peck states that the two lofty elms standing on either side of the entrance 

 to his grounds, 32(5 College street, were placed there by his father not later 

 than J 809. The trees in the street row, just below, in front of the Mrs. John 

 H. Peck place, were planted by Mrs. Peck in 1836, while the trees in the 

 street row on the south side between the College street church and Winooski 

 avenue were planted by Mr. L. E. Woodhouse and other High School stu- 

 dents in 1877. 



The row of elms bordering the College park was planted in 1835, by the 

 class of 1837. The park was at this time enclosed by a fence having the 

 form of a greatly elongated oval. The elms were planted as a fence-row 

 and the curvature in the line is clearly traceable at each corner. One of 

 these trees about opposite Mr. G. G. Benedict's residence is noteworthy be- 

 cause of its curiously pendulous branches. 



