THE ELM AT COURT SQUARE, SPRINGFIELD 



The easiest way by which to direct the 

 reader to this tree is to say that it stands 

 directly in front of the jail. The distance 

 is not far from the center of the city, and a 

 view of the tree will repay any person for 

 the journey. The circumference is 13 feet, 

 10 inches, the height 78 feet, and the spread 

 80 feet unusual, certainly, for this species. 



In West Springfield, on the right hand 

 side of the road leading to Westfield, stands 

 an old elm which is now in the early stages 

 of decay. It is 95 feet in height, 17 feet, 

 9 inches in circumference, and 75 feet in the 

 spread of its branches. 



At the end of Franklin street, in Westfield, 

 where the tourist makes his last turn before 

 ascending into the Berkshires, stands a large, 

 old elm of the drooping type, possessing 

 almost perfect proportions, against whose 

 permanence and beauty no apparent inroads 

 have been made. If this tree escapes accident 

 from wind and lightning, it should live for at 

 least another century. It has now reached 

 the second class circumference, 16 feet, yj 

 inches, height, 72 feet, spread, 100 feet. 



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