FAMOUS TREES §9 



A red oak at Lloyds Neck, on the north shore of Long Island (7/9, 

 v. 28) has been claimed by Dr. Britton, of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, to be the largest and finest specimen of red oak in the East. 

 It has a circumference of 16 feet 8 inches at 3 feet from the ground 

 and a branch spread of 150 feet. It is thought to be more than 400 

 years old. 



Lafayette or Geneva Century Balsam Poplar, on Hamilton Street, 

 Route 20, just west of Geneva, is already listed (p. 10). According 

 to G. B. Suclworth, dendrologist of the Forest Service, measure- 

 ments taken June 7, 1925, show that the tree was then 95 feet tall, 

 with a branch spread of 110 feet and a circumference of 22 feet 2 

 inches 5% feet from the ground. (See Trees associated with notable 

 people — Lafayette Trees, p. 10.) 



Balmville, which is within a few miles of Newburgh, obtained its 

 name from a huge poplar or balm-of-Gilead tree, measurements 

 of which have been taken at intervals since 1782. According to 

 latest measurements it has a circumference of 21 feet 8 inches, 2 feet 

 from the ground (71, p. 29; 85). 



In wood Tuliptree, at the eastern base of In wood Hill, at the north- 

 ern end of Manhattan Island, at the mouth of Harlem River, is said 

 to be "the only living thing on Manhattan Island which was there 

 when Henry Hudson came." This tree has a circumference of 19 

 feet and is 123 feet tall (See Trees associated with the building of 

 the Nation, p. 35.) 



Wayne Black Walnut, or Black Walnut of Stony Point, near the 

 town of Stony Point, has a circumference of 21 feet at 4 feet from the 

 ground and is 80 feet tall. (See Trees intimately associated with 

 other famous people, p. 13.) 



NORTH CAROLINA 



A chestnut tree on the main range of the Great Smoky Mountains, 

 3 miles from Crestmont, was entered in the tree contest of the Ameri- 

 can Genetic Association in 1915. This tree then had a circumference 

 of 33 feet 4 inches 7 feet from the ground and a height of 75 feet. 

 It was then said of it that "after the San Benito Oak of California, 

 this is the largest nut-bearing tree submitted" in the contest (6>, 54). 

 (It is possible that this tree has been killed by the blight.) 



McLaughlin White Oak at Statesville (63), has a circumference 

 of 30 feet just above the ground and a branch spread of about 

 108 feet. 



The South's Living Christmas Tree, a magnificent live oak in 

 Hilton Park, Wilmington, under whose spreading branches the com- 

 munity Christmas festivities are held. 



This unique Christmas tree is said to be between 200 and 300 years old. 

 The spread of its branches is about 110 feet, the circumference of its trunk is 

 approximately 15 feet and its height is 75 feet. It is claimed that it would 

 take three 2-ton trucks to carry away the moss on the Wilmington Christmas 

 tree (42). 



A pine in Coaky swamp, Edgecombe County, has a circumference 

 of 31 feet and is 175 feet tall. It has been claimed for it that it is 

 "the biggest tree in North Carolina," but this claim should be com- 

 pared with that of the Crestmont chestnut, North Carolina (1). 



