FAMOUS TREES 93 



Chipman Sassafras, at Dunwandrin, estate of the late Frank L. 

 Chipman, 4 miles west of Easton, Northampton County, has a circum- 

 ference of nearly 14 feet 18 feet from the ground. It is almost 100 

 feet high. It lost its crown in 1933. Although its exact age is not 

 known, it is believed to have lived through the entire history of the 

 United States (72) 



John Goodway Sycamore, 2 miles west of Linglestown, Dauphin 

 County, is a remarkably large and sound tree for one of such size 

 and age. It is named for the last of the friendly Indians in the 

 district about Harrisburg. It has a circumference (May 17, 1937) 

 of 21 feet at breast height and a branch spread of 105 by 120 feet. 

 (71, p. 37 and fig. 8.) 



A sycamore on the bank of Neshaminy Creek about 15 miles north 

 of Philadelphia, was reported in a letter from John G. Whitall, 

 Woodbury, N. J., dated January 10, 1917, to the Forest Service. The 

 only measurement given was a circumference of 34 feet, but, according 

 to the writer, it was "claimed to be the largest tree east of the 

 Allegheny Mountains." (Compare with the Longwood (Fla.) cypress 

 and the Coaky swamp (Edgecombe County, N. C.) pine.) 



A sycamore 4 miles west of Lancaster, and between Lincoln High- 

 way and Marietta Pike, has a circumference of 22 feet 5 feet above 

 ground, a height of 102 feet, and a branch spread of 118 feet east to 

 west and 138 feet north to south. It is believed to be more than 

 200 years old (45, ed. 1). ■ 



Fort Hunter buttonwood. (See Trees associated with the building 

 of the Nation, p. 39 and fig. 21.) 



SOUTH CAROLINA 



Angel Oak, Johns Island. This oak has a height of 160 feet. The 

 longest branch is 76 feet long. The circumference of the trunk is 

 21 feet. 



Middleton Oak, an outstanding live oak, the genius of the estate, 

 at Middleton Gardens on the Ashley River, about 17 miles north of 

 Charleston (78). Experts have variously estimated the age of this 

 oak as being anywhere from five to seven centuries, and yet glori- 

 ously sturdy and healthy it stands, braving storms and renewing its 

 youth each recurring spring, freshening its mantle with tender green. 

 The branches form almost a perfect circle, giving a shade span at 

 noon of 180 feet. Its trunk measures 35 feet in circumference, 5 

 feet above the ground. 



What is known as the Spy Oak at Hillcrest, near Stateburg, has 

 a circumference of a little more than 28 feet, and it is more than 400 

 years old. (See Trees associated with the building of the Nation, 

 p. 40.) 



TENNESS.EE 



In Washington County is the Daniel Boone "Bar Tree," a beech 

 reported in 1915 to be 350 years old (67). It then had a circumfer- 

 ence, breast high, of 7% feet and was 85 feet tall, (See Trees asso- 

 ciated with the building of the Nation, p. 40.) 



The Kingsport Elm (11, v. 36; 64, 71, p. Jfi), that "veteran giant of 

 Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tenn.," has a circumference of 24y 2 

 feet and a height of 150 feet. It is believed to be between 400 and 

 500 years old. 



