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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Courttsy American Genetic Association. 



THK LARGEST SHADE TREE IN THE UNITED STATES 



This giant is a sycamore at Worthington, Indiana. It is forty-four feet six inches in circumference near the ground and 150 feet tall. This 

 species, besides having the largest shade tree in the United States, is also one of the best species of shade tree, being peculiarly able to stand 

 the smoke, dust and gases which, in cities, have to be overcome by any tree which prospers. It is also unusually resistant to attacks by 

 insects. 



The Biggest Shade Tree is Also Best 



THAT the largest shade tree in the United States, 

 as brought to Hght by the prize contest held by 

 the American Genetic Association, should turn 

 out to be the eastern sycamore is not surprising, say 

 government foresters. The sycamore has long been re- 



garded as the largest deciduous tree in North America 

 and its range of growth is hardly second to that of any 

 other broad-leaf tree ; for it can be found from Maine 

 to Florida and as far west as Kansas. 



The bestowal of the prize on a sycamore at Worth- 



