FAMOUS TREES 



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Figure 29. — Mothers of America Tree, European White Birch. United 

 States Capitol Grounds. Washington, D. C. 



PENNSYLVANIA 



The first "Mothers' Tree," Reading, a European white birch, planted 

 on the shore of Antietam Lake, in 1923, under the auspices of the 

 American Forestry Association. 



Inspiration Tree, a white pine, in the forest of Sheerlund, about 4 

 miles southwest of Reading. It is called the Inspiration Tree be- 



