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"HALL OF FAME" FOR TREES 



For the Old Mulberry Tree at St. Mary's, Maryland, the claim 

 is made that it was the most famous tree in the colonies. The 

 claim will be disputed by many, particularly by the friends 



of the Great Tree on Boston Common which saw so much 

 history written. Both trees fell in 1876, one hundred years 

 after the Declaration of Independence. All the history of 



Maryland is written around the Old Mulberry for it was 

 there Lord Calvert landed and it was for years the site of 

 the capital of Maryland. The Old Mulberry Tree is nomi- 



nated for a place in the Hall of Fame by Mrs. Delia Harris 

 Maddox, who has written a poem about the famous tree. To 



THE OLD MULBERRY TREE 



Mrs. James Berry, of Washington, we are indebted for a 

 picture of the tree. The picture is made from a drawing 



penciled in 1852. Mrs. J. Thomas Brome, of St. Mary's, and 

 Mrs. Maddox have obtained much interesting data in con- 

 nection with the tree and J. W. Thomas in "Chronicles of 



Colonial Maryland." As far as known Mrs. Berry had the 

 only piece of the tree in existence. Bits of this she pre- 

 sented to E. B. Calvert, of the U. S. Weather Bureau, and 



to Dr. George W. Smith, of Washington, but a larger piece, 

 carved with an anchor, Mrs. Berry has presented to the 

 American Forestry Association, and it is a real relic. 



