FAMOUS TREES 3 



offspring, was set out in the university's botanical gardens in April 

 1930 to replace the Cambridge ancestor when the park department 

 of that city is ready to receive it. 



Cogswell Maple, New Preston, Litchfield, Conn. This is said to 

 be the largest maple in Connecticut. The house which stands in its 

 shade was once an inn where George Washington Avas entertained 

 on one of his trips to Connecticut. 



Figure 1 



-Washington Elm, Opposite the East Entrance to the Senate 

 Wing, United States Capitol, Washington, D. C. 



The Great Elm, at Palmer, Mass.. from the shade of which Wash- 

 ington addressed his troops 3 days before he took command of the 

 Continental Army at Cambridge. July 3., 1775. 



White oak. Gaylordsville, Conn., under whose shade tradition says 

 George Washington held council when on his way to Hartford in 

 September 1780. This tree stands near the Shagticoke Trail. It is 

 owned by the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, 

 who are caring for it. Incidentally, in 1932 Connecticut D. A. R.'s 



