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The tallest tree entered in the American Genetic Association con- 

 test of 1915 was a tuliptree on Reems Creek, not far from Craggy 

 Mountain, about 15 miles from Asheville. This tree was credited with 

 a circumference of 34% ^ ee t 4 feet above ground and was 198 feet tall 

 (6, 54). The Department of Agriculture (61) found that this tree 

 had a breast-high circumference of 28.7 feet and a height of 144 feet to 

 a broken top when measured in 1932. According to a report from C. 

 A. Abell, assistant silviculturist, Appalachian Forest Experiment 

 Station, Asheville, of August 23, 1935, this yellow poplar was burned 

 down by unknown persons on April 15, 1935. Apparently the fire 

 had been started inside the hollow base. Newspaper reports of the 

 burning of the Reems Creek tree said that a group of "Harvard sci- 

 entists" had once estimated the age at more than 1,000 years. 



On Cane River, near Blue Sea Falls, there stands a tuliptree with 

 circumference at breast height on the contour of 25.3 and a total 

 height of 132 feet. The top of this tree has been broken off for some 

 time. From the size of the stub at the top, it seems probable that the 

 Cane River tree was 200 feet high at one time and taller than the 

 Reems Creek tuliptree. This tree was reported by C. A. Abell, as- 

 sistant silviculturist, Appalachian Forest Experiment Station. 



Rathbone Elm at Marietta (6, 10, v. 26, pp. 236-237) has a circum- 

 ference of 27 feet 3y 2 feet from the ground. It is believed to be nearly 

 700 years old. ( Compare with the Logan Elm, Trees associated with 

 the building of the Nation, p. 37. ) 



A monster cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata) is in Gale Woods, 

 Morrow County. Its circumference, 9 feet, is not unusual, but it is 

 about twice as tall as the average. 



A soft maple in Salem, with a circumference of 11% feet 4 feet 

 above ground and a height of 73% feet, was reported by the Ameri- 

 can Genetic Association in September 1915 (6, 51±). 



A sassafras near the Ohio River, on a farm 8 miles east of Marietta, 

 has a circumference of 13 feet 11 inches 1 foot from the ground but 

 above the roots. Its trunk height is 32 feet, the top of the tree hav- 

 ing been blown off. The top of the present highest branch is about 

 55 feet. This tree was reported by Charles L. MeCollum, of Marietta, 

 to the National Geographic Society in a letter dated March 4, 1926, 

 and the letter was referred to the clendrologist of the Forest Service. 



OKLAHOMA 



A bald cypress 1% miles west of Eagletown, McCurtain County, 

 has been called the "biggest tree in Oklahoma." It has a circumfer- 

 ence of nearly 50 feet and a height of 100 feet. This grand old cy- 

 press stands on the land that was the former seat of government of 

 the Choctaw Nation (17, v. 33, p. 5U) (%• 42). 



A cottonwoocl near Aline, more than 30 feet in circumference, was 

 said to be the largest tree of any kind growing in Oklahoma, but since 

 that claim was made the record of the Eagletown bald cypress has 

 appeared to outrival it (1). 



OREGON 



^ A black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) 2 miles southeast of 

 >rvallis 25 feet in circumference above the main base swell and 



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