THE HISTORIC TREES OF MASSACHUSETTS 



would house several persons within its trunk. 

 Tree-surgeons have removed the dead wood 

 from within and braced the walls of the 

 trunk against the elements and the strain 

 of the great branches. Seed continues to 

 be borne in abundance each year, and the 

 surrounding fields contain many large and 

 beautiful oaks — the children and grand- 

 children of these giants of the forest primeval. 



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