FAMOUS TREES 



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 FIGURE 30. — PARENT WASHINGTON NAVEL ORANGE TREE, RIVERSIDE, CALIF. 



(Courtesy C. S. Pomeroy, Bureau of plant Industry.) 



MASSACHUSETTS 



Old Lindens at Plymouth. About the year 1750 a ship captain 

 brought to Plymouth from England a few rooted cuttings of the 

 European linden in a raisin box. Three of these were planted in 

 the garden at the rear of the mansion of George Watson of Plymouth. 

 From cuttings taken from these trees and planted about 1760 by 

 Colonel Watson just within the line of the street, eight other trees 

 have grown. At each end of the space occupied by these trees there 

 is an inscription which reads, "Linden trees planted by Colonel 

 George Watson, 17G0." Many lindens have sprung from this same 

 stock. 



