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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



W HALL OF FAME" FOR TREES 



THE BIGGEST TREE IN NEW YORK 



The prise for the biggest tree in New York Stale has 

 been awarded to Charles J. Richards, editor of the Gowanda 

 News, for an elm tree which is nearly thirty feet in cir- 

 cumference at four and one-half feet from the ground. 



Honorable mention is given to the follounng five contest- 

 ants: Black walnut at Setauket, Long Island, proposed by 

 D. M. Frick, Hackensack, New Jersey; "Teddy's Delight," 

 triple linden, at Phelps, New York, proposed by Dr. F. H. 



NEW YORK'S BIGGEST ELM 



Wisewell, Phelps, New York; Umbrella elm at Avon, New 

 York, proposed by W . G. Markham, Avon, New York; Cherry 

 tree (too big for George Washington to cut) at Hampstead, 

 Long Island, proposed by Walter S. Funnel, editor of the 

 Hempstead Inquirer; American elm, winner of Utica public 

 contest, conducted by city park commission, with Egmont 

 Bower as the winner of the Utica contest. 



The contest was opened by the New York State College of 

 Forestry at Syracuse as the result of a question whether the 

 Setauket tree was the largest tree of any kind east of the 

 Mississippi. It was thought to be a matter of interest to 

 determine which is the largest tree, and the contest thus 

 started was taken up by New York Forestry, publication of 

 the State Forestry Association, and the American Forestry 

 Association. 



The winning tree has these remarkable dimensions: Circum- 

 ference 30 inches from the ground, 34 feet, 2 inches; at six 

 feet, circumference, 23 feet, 7 inches; height over 100 feet. 



It has no branches for 50 feet above the ground and its cir- 

 cumference at that point is 20 feet. 



Now the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry has begun 

 a campaign to locate the Big Trees of Pennsylvania. It is 

 collecting information on the largest specimen of each kind 

 of the 100 different species of forest trees that grow in the 

 State. Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker, a member of the 

 State Forest Commission, and Professor Joseph S. Illick, 

 Chief of the Office of Research, are in charge of the project. 

 Professor Illick said he is seeking information about large, 

 unique, and historic trees. He believes each county of the 

 State has some champion tree, and he wants to know about it. 

 Bedford County boasts of the largest Swamp White Oak 

 yet found in Pennsylvania. That tree is thirty-two feet in 

 circumference at the base. Dauphin County claims the larg- 

 est Sycamore, which is more than twenty-five feet in circum- 

 ference at the base. It is declared that the State's largest 

 Sugar Maple stands at Eaglesmere, Sulivan County. Pro- 

 fessor Illick desires the following measurements of Big 

 Trees: Circumference at base; circumference at breast- 

 height; total height of tree, and the total spread of branches. 



"TEDDY'S DELIGHT" 



"Teddy's Delight" is a triplet tree near Phelps, New York, 

 nominated for a place in the Hall of Fame for trees by 

 Dr. F. H. Wisezvell. The tree has been christened with that 

 name because of its three trunks from one root. It has a 

 circumference of 20 feet at the lowest possible measurement 

 and a height of about seventy feet. Dr. Wisezvell informed 

 Colonel Roosevelt about naming the tree and received a 

 very nice letter from the former President. The tree is a 

 linden and the American Forestry Association is as "delighted" 

 to have the nomination as Dr. Wisewell is in making it. 



