CHAPTER X 

 THE ROBY ELM 



Over our heads the branches made 

 A canopy of woven shade. 



Charles Henry Luders 



THE Roby Elm, so named from Parson 

 Roby who planted it about the year 

 1770, stands on Main street in the 

 town of Saugus.^ Its circumference is 15 

 feet, 2 inches, spread 100 feet, and height 

 75 feet. The trunk is of unusual length, 

 being about 30 feet, and numerous large 

 branches sweep upwards for at least twenty 

 feet more before spreading to form the 

 crown. 



It is related that the parson selected 

 and dug this tree with great care, placing 

 it in his house, still a fine old residence and 

 one of the landmarks of Saugus, where he 



1 The reader will be interested in comparing this tree with 

 the Marlboro Elm described in Chap. XV both as to its form and 

 the events with which it is associated. 



1571 



