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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



[ALL OF FAME" FOR TREES 



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Claiming it to be the most beautiful elm in the United 

 States, John Kaiser nominates the Rathbone Elm, at 

 Marietta, Ohio, for a place in the Hall of Fame- for 

 Trees. This tree has a circumference of 27 feet at 

 three and one-half feet above the ground, and a cir- 

 cumference of 32 feet one and one-half feet above the 

 ground. Of the five largest branches, Miss Waldine 

 Rathbone informs the Association that the smallest 



has a circumference of ten feet. The age of the tree 

 is estimated to be close to 7oo years by experts who 

 have examined it. There have been many nominations 

 for the Hall of Fame from Ohio, such as the Logan 

 Elm, which marks the spot where a treaty of peace 

 was made with the Indians at which time Logan, the 

 Indian chief, made the oration now considered a 

 classic. 



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This tree had its head shot off during a Fourth of 

 July celebration in 1832. It is a memorial of the day 

 and is now cared for by Spartanburg, South Carolina. 

 The tree has been entered for a place in the Hall of 



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Fame of the American Forestry Association by John 

 B. Cleveland. The tree is three feet in diameter, and 

 during the nullification excitement a large union meet- 

 ing was held on July 4, 1832. A cannon was loaded 

 with leaves and twigs and without thinking of the 

 aim the charge was let go. It was not high enough 

 to miss the tree and the entire top was torn off. The 

 tree is thirty feet high as it stands now. 



