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Figure 6.— General Lafayette Tree (Balsam poplar), on Hamilton Street, 

 Route 20. Just West of Geneva. N. Y. 



Lafayette, or Geneva Century Balsam Poplar, on Hamilton Street, 

 Route 20, just west of Geneva, X. Y. This tree (fig. 6) shades the 

 spot to which the militia and citizens of Geneva came to welcome 

 General Lafayette on the occasion of his visit to that city on June 

 8, 1825. A tablet has been erected at the base of the tree by the 

 Seneca Chapter. D. A. E. (See Trees notable for unusual size or 

 age, p. 89.) 



Lafayette Sycamore, near Baltimore Pike, on a hill 200 yards east 

 of the Brandywine Baptist Church, near Chadds Ford. Delaware 



