RARB AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



Also liere among many notable 

 plants is a fine specimen of the rare 

 clammy locust (robinia viscosa), and 

 the largest hazelnut (corylus Ameri- 

 cana) I have ever seen, a plant of 20 

 feet in height, and covering a large 

 area. 



Passing Concord School, its nature- 

 loving pupils, George Lippard and Wil- 

 liam E. Meehan, with other associa- 

 tions of interest to plant students, we 

 halt at "Pomona Grove" to present a 

 plant which should not be forgotten, 

 for "Pomona" and its charms are now 

 a memory. At the northeast corner 

 of what is now Baynton street and Po- 

 mona terrace once stood a yew, which 

 by those competent to judge was con- 

 sidered remarkable. No one has been 

 able to definitely state where this tree 

 came from, nor when it was planted. 

 All agree that it was a mature 

 imported plant and was placed at 

 "Pomona" by Col. Thomas Forrest. 

 There need be no mystery, however, 

 for it is well known a yew grows rap- 

 idly for 20 or more years, more slowly 

 for a hundred years, after which pe- 

 riod it exists in a practically station- 

 ary condition. 



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