Destruction of Shade Trees by the Hurricane of September 21, 1938. (Page 32) 

 Above: A huge sugar maple in Leveretl, blown down with resultant damage to farm buildings. 

 Below: This American elm in Leveretl was one of the largest in Massachusetts, measuring 108 

 feet in height and IVi feet in diameter and 23 feel in circumference at 11 J^ feet above 

 the base. It was free from any evidence of decay and a beautifully typical specimen 

 of the species. 



