646 AMERICAN FORESTRY 



LARGE TREES FOR MEMORIAL PLANTING 



When the Arlington Amphitheatre was dedicated the public found placed about the memorial full 

 grown trees. This work had been done by Lewis and Valentine, Landscape Engineers, of Philadel- 

 phia. In the laying out of grounds for such structures or for country estates or in any project in 

 ivhich landscaping is a major part of the scheme you do not have to wait for trees to grow. The art 

 of transplanting full grozvn trees to meet the landscape artist's ideas has become a science in itself. 



Underwood & Underwood. 



TRANSPORTING ANCIENT BOXfVOOD TREES TO 

 THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL 



Xottonal Photo Company. 



READY FOR PLANTING AT THE LINCOLN 

 MEMORIAL 



In the case of the Lincoln Memorial, old trees from the grounds of Charles H. Heitmuller were 

 moved to their places designated by the landscape architects. The trees formed a part of the Union 

 line of defense about Washington during the Civil War and zvere moved five miles to the Lincoln 

 Memorial in Potomac Park. The Lincoln Memorial is opposite the Lee Mansion in Arlington 

 Cemetery across the Potomac. 



Commercial Photo Company. 



THE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATRE 





