OTHER WELL-KNOWN TREES 



in size and the dimensions may be found 

 in the index. 



Bristol Coujity 



The white oak on Somerset Ave., Taunton, 

 is Bristol's contribution to the hst of famous 

 trees. This oak ranks in size with the 

 white oaks of Waverley, being fifteen feet 

 in circumference and over ninety feet in 

 spread. No other tree in this section is 

 so large, and like most of the aged white 

 oaks of our cities it witnessed the found- 

 ing of a settlement when the country was 

 very young. 



Plymouth County 



We have now retraced our steps from 

 Berkshire to the sea, and the last of the 

 famous trees is also one of the most magnifi- 

 cent in the whole collection. Behold an 

 apple tree having the sinews of an oak, the 

 spread of an elm, and a crown surpassing 

 both in the beauty of its leaves and blos- 

 soms! Let the reader imagine it in full 

 bloom, its blossoms nearly the size of wild 

 roses, its largest hmbs nearly six feet in 



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