American Elm. No. 44 is 90 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 11 inches in 

 diameter; No. 56 is 84 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 2 inches in diameter; 

 No. 106 is 63 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 10 inches in diameter, and No. 

 107 is 89 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet 3 inches in diameter. Nos. 106 and 

 107 stand between the Office and the Gardener's House. On the East Lawn 

 No. 109 is 80 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet 4 inches in diameter, and on the 

 West Lawn No. 103 is 91 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet 4 inches in diameter 

 and the largest of the Mount Vernon Elm- trees. Two other Elms on the 

 East Lawn are indicated on the plan; No. Ill is a young tree 47 feet tall 

 with a trunk 15 inches in diameter, and No. 132 is 55 feet tall with a 

 trunk 22 inches in diameter. 



Between the Serpentine Walk and the Kitchen Garden a tree of the 

 European Cork Elm (Ulmus foliacea, var. suberosa), No. 8-1, is 35 feet 

 tall with a trunk 10 inches in diameter. 



All the Mount Vernon Elm-trees are healthy and in good condition. 



MAPLES There are two Maples on the Serpentine Walk and they 

 were probably both planted during Washington's lifetime. No. 69 is a 

 Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) 91 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet 11 inches 

 in diameter. Several of the upper branches of this tree were broken in 

 the gale of June 28, 1914. The tree, however, is recovering and is now 

 in good condition and a magnificent specimen. No. 33 is a Red Maple 

 (Acer rubrum) 85 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 3 inches in diameter, and is 

 a fine healthy tree. 



BEECHES There are two American Beech-trees (Fagus grandifolia) 

 planted in the corners of the Bowling Green nearest the Mansion. No. 

 99 is 89 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 9 inches in diameter, and No. 90 is 

 69 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 5 inches in diameter. They are good 

 specimens with tall straight trunks and, judging by their size, were 

 planted during Washington's lifetime. 



PECANS There are three Pecan-trees, or Mississippi or Illinois nuts, 

 as Washington called them (Gary a pecan), at Mount Vernon. According 

 to the Diary, these trees were planted March 25, 1775, and are therefore 

 so far as we know the oldest of the trees planted by Washington. Apart 

 from the fact that they were planted by Washington these trees are of 

 great interest, as they were given to him by Jefferson, who in 1784 first 

 published a technical description of this tree in his "Notes from Virginia," 

 and who apparently first distributed in the eastern States living plants 

 brought from the Mississippi valley. The three Pecan-trees are in good 

 condition and, unless blown over or injured by gales, probably have not 

 lived out half their lives. They are on the lawn southwest and east of 

 the Mansion; No. 118 is 97 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 6 inches in 

 diameter; No. 120 is 98 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 4 inches in diam- 

 eter, and No. 129, on the East Lawn, is 86 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 

 2 inches in diameter. 



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