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Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States, Their Names and Ranges. 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Circular 92. For sale 

 by Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 

 Price 40 cents. 



Forest Trees and Forest Regions of the United States. United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication 217. For sale by Superintendent 

 of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Price 15 cents. 



Arbor Day, Its Purposes and Observance. United States Department of 

 Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 1492. For sale by Superintendent of Documents, 

 Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Price 5 cents. 



The list of trees of unusual size or age that follows, which is 

 necessarily incomplete, is arranged geographically by States, each 

 State list being subdivided alphabetically by kinds of trees. 



ALABAMA 



There is a large Ailanthus altissima near Florence. It has a cir- 

 cumference of 16^2 feet, 4 feet above ground and a height of about 

 55 feet. The base of the tree is hollow, but otherwise its condition 

 seems sound. No one knows its age, but 50 years ago the diameter 

 was about half what it is now. This description is from corre- 

 spondence between W. N. Tharp, of Florence, Ala., and E. N. Munns, 

 Chief, Division of Silvics, Forest Service. Pennsylvania Depart- 

 ment of Forests and Waters Bulletin 38 (47) is one of the best sources 

 of information on ailanthus. 



• ARKANSAS 



Near Luxora there is a catalpa tree wmich, when measured, showed 

 a circumference of 16 feet and a height of 75 feet. Its story is told 

 by the American Genetic Association, as a part of a report of the 

 tree contest sponsored by that association (6, S4). 



A persimmon tree at Luxora has a circumference of nearly 22 

 feet. It has a height of 130 feet (€, 54). 



CALIFORNIA 



An incense cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) in the Trinity district of 

 the Shasta National Forest has a circumference of 26 feet 4 inches, 

 according to Ranger Alvin E. Noren, of the Modoc National Forest, 

 who reported it in September 1924. 



In 1918 an incense cedar near Morgan Springs, Tehama County 

 was reported as having a diameter at breast height 4 of 8 feet, 

 which means a circumference of 25 feet. 5 It is credited with a height 

 of 120 feet and a volume of 9,700 board feet (69). 



McCubbin Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis), growing in Tulare 

 County between Reedley and Dinuba, was planted in 1889 by J. C. 

 McCubbin, who has kept consistent records of its growth. The 

 1934 measurement showed it to be 22 feet in circumference at breast 

 height and between 125 and 150 feet tall, at 45 years of age. This 

 tree was reported to the Forest Service by Woodbridge Metcalf, 

 extension forester, University of California, April 26, 1935. 



A blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) on the grounds of Clark's 

 nursery west of the highway between Milpitas and San Jose in Santa 

 Clara County, is known as the Aram Blue Gum from Joseph Aram. 



4 Breast height, measured 4% feet above ground. 



5 Given the diameter, multiply it by 3.14 to get the approximate circumference. 



