AMERICAN FORESTRY 



"HALL OF FAME" FOR TREES 



In the 

 street at Car- 

 bondale,, Pennsylvania, 

 standing in front of the prop- 

 erty of W. W. Watt, is an elm that is 

 considered one of the most perfectly proportioned 

 trees in the United States. It has been nominated for the 

 Hall of Fame for Trees, being compiled by the American Forestry 



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THE CARBONDALE ELM 



Association at Washington, which is collecting data of all trees 



with a history in this country or any other. Is there a 



famous tree in your town? This tree has been 



nominated for the "Who's Who" by E. M. 



Peck, who measured the diameter at 



two feet eight inches and the 



height at seventy feet. 



The age of the 



tree is not 



known. 



