"THE HALL OF FAME FOR TREES" 



THE BATTLE-GROUND OAK 



"Just so, they say, old violins 



Soft echoes long have borne, 

 To touch and thrill, and moving skill 



Of masters dead and gone." 



This famous old tree, also known as the "CornwaUis Oak" and the "Liberty Oak," is located only a feio 

 hundred yards from where t-he battle of Guilford Courthouse zuas fought in 1781, in North Carolina, and tra- 

 dition has it that during this battle General Green tied h is horse to this tree, and that the horse nipped the top 

 out of it, causing the multitude of branches. Aside from its historic interest, this tree is notable for its sym- 

 metrical beauty alone. It now has a spread of over one hundred feet and a circumference of twenty-one feet 

 at the base. It has been nominated for the Hall of Fame by Mrs. Dorian H. Blair, of Greensboro, North 

 Carolina; by Mark C. Mills, of Guilford College, and by Mr. Paul Lindley, of Pomona, North Carolina. 



