TWO FAMOUS TREES OF NEW JERSEY 



BY ALFRED GASKILL, STATE FORESTER 



FEW states are richer in notable trees, especially 

 oaks, than New Jersey. The white oak in the 

 Quaker burying ground at Salem is famous and 

 bears the reputation of being the largest tree in the 



THE GREAT WHITE OAK 



has been badly broken by storms but the stem is per- 

 fectly sound and is notable for the fact that the tree has 

 a single stem and is not formed by the union of two or 

 more stems, as is so frequently the case in exceptionally 

 large trees. It stands in a field 

 about three miles northwest of 

 Medford in Burlington County 

 and two hundred yards from 

 the road between Medford and 

 Moorestown. Its dimensions 

 are as follows: Circumference 

 at breast height 21 feet 5 inches, 

 height 75 feet, spread east to 

 west 113 feet. The thin foli- 

 age shown in the photograph is 

 due to an attack of fungus from 

 which the tree has now entirely 

 recovered. This is striking evi- 

 dence of the hardiness of the 

 Sycamore and its disease-resist- 

 ant qualities. 



Though these trees are found 

 on ground of recognized agri- 

 cultural value, the presence of 

 others, chiefly white and red 

 oaks, on what is often called 

 sterile sand proves the capacity 

 of South Jersey soils. In the 

 village of Mays Landing, Atlan- 

 tic County, for instance, twenty 

 or thirty noble oaks are standing 

 in the main street and in the 

 vicinity of the Court House. 



State. As a matter of fact, there 

 are half a dozen oaks as large, 

 or larger, and several other spe- 

 cies no less in size. 



The New Jersey trees are 

 notable for the fact that many 

 of them have been but little in- 

 jured by time and are in full 

 vigor. The largest tree known 

 to the State Forester is shown 

 in the illustration herewith. ' It 

 is a white oak and stands in a 

 field close to Mantua Creek about 

 half a mile from the village of 

 Berkeley in Gloucester County. 

 Careful measurements made in 

 May, 1915, give a circumference 

 at breast height of 25 feet yy 2 

 inches, extreme height 85 feet, 

 or larger, and several of other 

 species less in size. 



Another notable tree is the 

 Heuling's sycamore. The top 

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THE HEULING SYCAMORE 



