ELIOT OAK AND OTHER TREES OF SOUTH NATICK 



gratulated Major Hesekiah Broad for his 

 services in behalf of the Colonies. The 

 circumference is 11 feet, 8 inches, the height 

 65 feet, and the spread 85 feet. 



On the rising ground to the northwest 

 stands the "Carver Hill Chestnut," a huge 

 and towering tree, the last survivor of a 

 chestnut ridge that made its owners wealthy. 

 Mention may also be made of the Hartwell 

 Oak on Pleasant Street, noted for its re- 

 markable shape and for the wide spread 

 of its branches; and of a very old and beauti- 

 ful oak near the road on the way to Wellesley 

 from South Natick. The latter is also claimed 

 to mark the site of one of Washington's rest- 

 ing places, and is 15 J feet in circumference. 



Among all this interesting collection the 

 Eliot Oak holds the first place in the minds 

 of travelers to the locality of South Natick. 

 It is not so large as might be expected from 

 its age, and like Holmes' s old elm of Rhode 

 Island, must tremble sometimes as the tape 

 is applied to its trunk. But the white oak 

 is seldom conspicuous for rapid growth, and 

 we are not in any way disappointed with the 



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