wilh a trunk 1 foot in diameter; No. 91 is 22 feet tall with a trunk 1 foot 



1 ineli in diameter. Nos. 127 and 128 are on the East Lawn near the 

 Mansion and are 23 feet tall with a trunk 1 foot 2 inches in diameter, 

 and 20 feet tall with a trunk 1 foot in diameter; No. 98 is 27 feet 

 tall with a trunk 1 foot in diameter; No. 61 is 2S feet tall with a trunk 11 

 inches in diameter, and No. 40 is 50 feet tall with a trunk 2 feel 2 inches in 

 diameter. One side of tlie top of No. 91 was destroyed by a gale in 1896 

 and a large cavity at tlie top of the trunk is filled with cement. This is 

 a berry bearing tree with a handsome straight stem; it is still growing 

 vigorou.sly and will probably form in time a new head of branches. The 

 other Holly-trees are symmetrical and in good condition. 



SORBUS — Washington in his Diary mentions the planting of Sorbus- 

 trees, probably Sorbus domestica, the English Service tree, as there is an 

 old specimen of this tree (No. 37) standing near the northwest corner of 

 the Bowling Green. This tree is 31 feet tall with a trunk 15 inches in 

 diameter. It is failing rapidly and probably cannot live many years. 



OAKS — The positions of ten Oak-trees are shown on tlie plan, and, 

 although probably none of them were planted by Washington, it seems 

 desirab'e to include them in this report, as they are large and conspicuous 

 healthy trees which may live for many years. No. 6 stands to the right 

 of the entrance to the Bowling Green northwest of the Kitchen Garden 

 and is a noble ^^ hite Oak {Quercus alba) 98 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet in 

 diameter. With the exception of the Yellow Poplars and one Pecan this is 

 the tallest tree at Mount Vernon. On the left of the entrance are three Red 

 or Spanish Oaks (Quercus rubra). No. 13 is a double tree 90 feet tall with 

 two .stems, each 3 feet 5 inches in diameter; No. 14 is 85 feet tall with a 

 trunk 3 feet 5 inches in diameter, and No. 15 is a young tree 56 feet tall 

 with a trunk 1 fool 8 inches in diameter. On the southeast corner of the 

 East Lawn there are four White Oaks, Nos. 130, 131. 136 and 137. No. 

 130 is 68 feet tall wilh a trunk 2 feet 8 inches in diameter; No. 131 is 63 

 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet in diameter; No. 136 is 76 feet tall with a 

 trunk 3 feel 3 inches in diameter, and No. 137 is 59 feet tall with a trunk 



2 feet 2 inches in diameter. A beautiful narrow-leaved Chestnut Oak 

 {Quercus Muehlenbergii), No. 124-1, stands just inside the Deer Park 

 fence at the bottom of the North Lawn and is 70 feet tall wilh a trunk 3 

 feet 6 inches in diameter. A White Oak on the West Lawn south of the 

 Mansion (No. 126) is 74 feet tall and 4 feet 4 inches in diameter, and the 

 Red or Spanish Oak by the Summer House (No. 122) is 83 feet tall and 

 4 feet 8 inches in diameter. These Oaks have not been injured by gales 

 and are all well-shaped healthy trees. 



MAGNOLIAS— On May 21, 1785, Washington noted in his Diary that 

 he had received plants of the large Magnolia of South Carolina {Mag- 

 nolia grand iflora) and on the 18th of November he put them in the green- 

 house for the \\ inter. On April 6tJi of the following year Washington 



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