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and its branch spread 135 feet. This tree, also, is probably 200 



years old. 



Others of Dr. Stephens' list Avith a girth of more than 25 feet are : 

 George Washington Live Oak, in Audubon Park. New Orleans, 



which measured 28% feet around on October 9, 1932. P. H. Fontaine, 



of Kentwoocl, contributes an interesting description : 



In the summer of 1897 I measured the George AVashington Oak (92, p. 20) in 

 Audubon Park. Four feet from the ground its circumference then was 22 feet. 

 Comparison of this with my measurement of the tree in 1932, when I found it 

 to be 28 feet 6 inches around, shows that during that period of 35 years there 

 was an increase in circumference of 6 feet 6 inches — or 78 inches. Dividing 

 78 by 35, we get an average annual increase of 2.23 inches, which approximates 

 closely the annual growth of the 18 live oaks on Southwestern campus that 

 were set out January 1, 1901. Their average annual increase was 2.4 inches. 



Luling Oak. on the right bank of the Mississippi, by the side of 

 the Old Spanish Trail (U. S. 90). a quarter of a mile south of 

 Luling, measured in September 1930. shoAvecl a circumference of 27 

 feet 8 inches. 



Martha Washington LiA T e Oak. in Audubon Park, Ncav Orleans, 

 has a circumference of 27% feet. 



Mays Live Oak, on the right bank of Bayou Grosse Tete, on Live 

 Oak Plantation at Rosedale. has a circumference of 27% feet. 



Seven Sisters, on the old Lastrapes place, in St. Landry Parish, 

 near Washington (one dead) ; others in tAvo clusters (of three each) 

 measuring 26 feet 4 inches to 27 feet 3 inches in circumference. 



Jamison Oak. on the Preston Pugh plantation near Thibodaux 

 in Lafourche Parish, has a circumference of 27 feet 2 inches and a 

 branch spread of 140 feet. 



Kaplan Oak. 4 miles above the mouth of the Bayou Vermillion 

 near the Intracoastal Canal, has a circumference of 27 feet 1 inch. 



Big Double LiA^e Oak at Parks on the Teche Avhen measured on 

 March 3. 1931, showed a circumference of 27 feet. 



Fredericks Point LiA^e Oak (92. p. 17) , in Terrebonne Parish, has a 

 trunk measuring 32 feet and is a A'enerable tree. As a result of bat- 

 tling for centuries with tropical storms, it is uoav in a deplorable 

 condition, but it is said that funds will be made aA^ailable for its 

 rehabilitation. 



A liA T e oak, known as Grandpere (92, p. 19), in Marrero, Jefferson 

 Parish, has a circumference of 29 feet 6 inches, with a spread of 155 

 feet. 



Wesley Schriefer Live Oak (92, p. 19) has a circumference of 

 26 feet 8 inches. It is located at Perry, near Abbeville. The Stands- 

 bury home Avas built in front of this tree 150 years ago. 



Oak Alley LiA T e Oaks (92, p. 19), a wonderful avenue, situated on 

 the Mississippi River, in St. James Parish, has 28 trees, 14 on each 

 side, all large, perfect, and healthy. One of them is 22 feet 8 inches, 

 and there are others over 22 feet in circumference. The alley from 

 the mansion to the highway next to the leA^ee on the south side of the 

 Mississippi River is from 700 to 800 feet long. The arch formed by 

 the trees is most symmetrical and beautiful. It is said the house 

 was built by Governor Roman in 1836. and the oaks were planted 

 at that time. (See also De La Roncle Oaks, Trees associated with 

 the building of the Nation, p. 27.) 



Hohen Solms pecan (fig. 38), on the Avest bank of the Mississippi 



iver, 36 miles south of "Baton Rouge, a tree which, in 1927, the 





