THE HISTORIC TREES OF MASSACHUSETTS 



recent origin, intended as a permanent me- 

 morial to the first settler of Charlemont. 



But more fitting than any other, while it 

 remains, will be the living monument of 

 the buttonwood tree. Its topmost branches 

 reach to a greater height than the graves on 

 the hill, for the tree is ninety-eight feet 

 high. Beneath the branches, which spread 

 themselves over eighty-five feet of space, 

 passes the "trail"; and near the massive 

 trunk, sixteen feet in circumference, still 

 bubbles the crystal spring water. 



