OTHER WELL-KNOWN TREES 



advanced age. It was originally planned 

 to devote a chapter to the old buttonwood 

 near the band-stand in the town square, 

 because of the tradition that this tree was 

 planted on the 4th of July 1776; but no 

 substantial data were found by which it 

 could be linked in immortal memory with the 

 Declaration of Independence! The oldest 

 inhabitant was at last appealed to, but his 

 information may be summed up m the words, 

 "I wa'n't here, so I don't know." The tree 

 is not over 12 feet in circumference. But 

 the pride of the town, "Old King Arthur," 

 a white oak that stands by the side of a 

 country road a few miles out from the center 

 of the town, was probably there some years 

 in advance of the first pioneer settler. It is 

 about 16 feet in circumference and spreads 

 its branches over a space of about 90 feet. 



On the northern border of Worcester 

 County, at Royalston, a large elm has long 

 been standing on the top of a high hill. 

 It is known, locally, as the "Sentinel Elm," 

 and is a good example of its species growing 

 on the higher slopes. 



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