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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



HALL OF FAME" FOR TREES 



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This maple tree, planted in his memory on the 

 day Abraham Lincoln died, has been given a 

 place in the Hall of Fame for Trees with a 



ANOTHER LINCOLN MEMORIAL TREE 



history which the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion is compiling. The nomination is made by 

 Mrs. Allen Partridge, of Augusta, Maine, be- 

 fore whose home the tree stands. The tree was 

 planted on April 15, 1865, by Mrs. Ruben 

 Partridge, who directed her three sons, Charles, 

 Frank and Allen-, to bring a small tree from the 

 woods and plant it in memory of the fallen Chief. 



SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL OAK 



An English Oak on the campus of the University 

 of Rochester zvas planted April 23, 1864, in commemo- 

 ration of the ter-centennial of the birth of William 

 Shakespeare. The tablet states that the tree came 

 from Stratford; but if it was brought as an acorn 

 or as a seedling is now icnknown. The tree is nomi- 

 nated by Prof. H. L. Fair child, emeritus professor of 

 Geology. 



"THE TREE WITH A HOLE IN IT" 



"The tree with a hole in it" is nominated for a place in 

 the Hall of Fame for Trees by Mrs. W. J. Prindle, of 

 Arcadia, Florida. The tree is a beech and is picturesquely 

 located on the Russellville Pike, three miles east of Clarks- 



ville, Tennessee. It has 

 been so trimmed that 

 thirty-eight telegraph 

 ivires pass through the 

 opening. 



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