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in 1865 tlie word " Florence " was added, to 

 perpetuate tte memory of Miss Florence Night- 

 ingale.) The following is a list of a few other 

 trees we noted : " George Washington ;" " Abra- 

 ham Lincoln;" "Lafayette;'' "U. S. Grant;" 

 "W.T.Sherman;" " J. B. McPherson;" "Henry 

 "Ward Beecher;" "Columbus ;" " Sir John Frank- 

 lin ;" " Humboldt ;" " Dr. John Torrey ;" " Prof. 

 Asa Grey ;" " Longfellow ;" " Wm. Cullen Bry- 

 ant ;" "Prof. James Dana;" "Sir Joseph Hooker;" 

 "John Lindley;" "Phil Sheridan;" " Elihu 

 Burritt;" "General Sutter;" "Bishop Kip;" 

 "General Scott;" "Major-Gen. G. A. Thomas;" 

 "Dr. Kane;" "Andrew Jackson;" "Daniel 

 O'Connell;" "Henry Clay;" "Uncle Sam;" 

 "Uncle Tom's Cabin;" "Old Maid;" "Old 

 Bachelor;" " Old Dominion ;" " Old Republican," 

 &c. 



' Sugar and Pitch Pines, Douglas Spruces and 

 Cedars, spring up thickly in this grove, growing 

 to immense heights; but they seem entirely 

 dwarfed when regarded by the side of the Giant 

 Tree, Throughout the inclosure the ground is 

 bestrewn with cones of an enormous size, some 



