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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



"HALL OF FAME" FOR TREES 



What is probably the only tree in the world with 

 a self watering apparatus provided by nature is the 

 famous elm on the farm of J. Fred Johnson, near 

 Kingston, Tennessee. There is a spring at the roots 

 of the tree and as its age is estimated at between four 

 and five hundred years, State Forester Maddox, of 

 Tennessee, credits this long life to the spring. French 

 explorers wrote of the tree in i7po and said its circum- 

 ference was twenty-two feet, which helps Forester 

 Maddox to estimate its age for the American Forestry 



Association, of Washington. The circumference is now 

 twenty-five feet and it has a spread of 150 feet. Some 

 time ago it was thought to be diseased and Governor 

 Roberts directed Forester Maddox to treat it. The 

 tree is now going along nicely and seems destined to 

 see another four or five hundred years. Mr. Johnson 

 claims the tree is the largest of its kind in the zvorld. 



Called the largest Acacia in the country, this tree has 

 been entered in the Hall of Fame of the American 

 Forestry Association at Washington. Is there a fam- 

 ous tree in your town? This tree was nominated for 

 the "Who's Who" by G. W. Weakly, of Dayton. The 

 tree is on the property of 0. I. Gunkel and it stood in 

 seventeen feet of water during the Dayton flood. The 



oldest inhabitant of Dayton cannot remember when the 

 tree was any stnaller than it is now. The diameter is 

 three feet six inches and the circumference is tzvelve 

 feet six inches. The American Forestry Association 

 is anxious to find trees with a history as well as 

 trees of unusual size. 



