Photo by Roscoe G. Searle 



THE ELM PLANTED BY GEORGE WAStllNGTON IN THE GROUNDS OF THE CAPITOL 



Washins:ton ranks about twentieth among the capitals of the earth in the number of its 

 people, but first among them in the number of its shade trees. Easily the most famous and 

 best beloved of all its more than a hundred thousand trees is the Washington elm. planted 

 bv the Father of his Country more than 115 years ago. 



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