OTHER WELL-KNOWN TREES 



large trees, and the "old giant" ranks with 

 the greatest of white oaks. These trees 

 are associated with James Russell Lowell 

 and the "Vision of Sir Launfal." At the 

 present time nearly all of the tops are "stag- 

 horned" and their beauty is rapidly passing. 

 The splendid tree at the entrance to the 

 park in which they stand is about the aver- 

 age size for the group and seems to be in 

 better condition than any of the others. The 

 circumference is fourteen feet, two inches, the 

 height is sixty feet and the spread ninety feet. 

 The great white oak at Billerica, while not 

 strictly historic, has witnessed the founding 

 of that town, and Washington and other 

 noted persons have passed beneath its shade. 

 It is fifteen feet in circumference, sixty-five 

 feet in height and ninety feet in spread, and 

 is decorated with the following inscription: 



THIS TREE WAS HERE 



WHEN 

 GEORGE WASHINGTON 



PASSED THROUGH 

 BILLERICA, NOV. 5, 1789, 



DURING A TOUR OF 

 NEW ENGLAND, AND IS ONE 



OF THE 

 ORIGINAL FOREST TREES 



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