THE HISTORIC TREES OF MASSACHUSETTS 



The town of North Brookfield possesses sev- 

 eral remarkable elms along the main street. 

 One is exceptional, having a circumference of 

 nearly twenty feet, and very broad shoulders 

 where the branches emerge from the trunk. 



In the town of Oakham there is standing 

 a white oak from which the town seal was 

 fashioned. While only eleven feet in cir- 

 cumference this oak is claimed to be very 

 old, and has the added distinction of being 

 almost perfect in its proportions. The lo- 

 cation is a pasture along the road leading 

 from Oakham to Coldbrook. 



The Lancaster group, of elms, oaks and 

 maples, has for many years held a leading 

 place in the annals of great trees; but the 

 great Lancaster Elm, once the largest tree 

 of its kind in the State, is no longer standing; 

 the famous Cunningham Maple and the 

 Carter Oak are both in advanced stages of 

 decay, and appear "hke veteran warriors, 

 beaten down in battle, bearing up their 

 banners to the last." The Beaman Oak 

 remains in all the glory of its strength, and 

 is claimed to be the largest red oak in Massa- 



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