CHERRY — There is now standing on the East Lawn a Cherry-tree 

 {Primus avium). No. 137-1, 55 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 3 inches in 

 diameter. Judging by its position, this may have sprung from a seed 

 from one of Washington's garden Cherry-trees dropped by a bird. 



NETTLE TREE— Near the Cherry-tree a Nettle-tree (Cillis occi- 

 dentalis). No. 134-1, is 61 feet tall with a trunk 21 inches in diameter. 

 This tree is too small to have been planted by \\ ashington. 



CEDAR OF LEBANON— A Cedar of Lebanon {Ceilms palula). No. 

 123, near the Summer House, was planted in 1874 and is now 59 feet 

 tall with a trunk 11 inches in diameter. When several exotic trees, 

 known only since Washington's death, were removed from Mount Vernon 

 this Cedar was left, for Washington, although he apparently never planted 

 one of these trees, might have done so, as the Cedar of Lebanon was 

 well known in his time. 



Measurements of the Mount Vernon trees have been made by Mr. 

 H. H. Dodge, the Superintendent, who has placed their exact positions on 

 the plan, and without his assistance it would have been impossible for 

 me to have prepared this report. The measurement of the trunks was 

 taken at 3 feet above the surface of the ground. The plan has been pre- 

 pared for publication in the office of Mr. Guy Lowell, of Boston, to whom 

 the Association is indebted for this assistance. 



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