108 MISC. PUBLICATION 295, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



of the common trunk are two large divergent trunks of an elm and a 

 sycamore respectively, and two smaller ones — an oak and a sycamore. 

 Each tree — in leaf, branch, and bark true to its type — leads a nor- 

 mal life. 



NEW JERSEY 



Lyre Tree, an elm of freak growth, at the corner of Northfield 

 Avenue and Falcon Street. Livingston (fig. 50). 



A "tree on stilts'', on the Delaware River near Philipsburg, is an 

 elm tree about 200 years old. Its roots are exposed to a depth of 

 about 10 feet. The rushing Avaters of the Delaware in the spring 

 freshets have carried the soil away until the great tree is left on 

 stilts. The oldest residents in the neighborhood say the tree was 

 on stilts when they were small boys. 



Siamese Twins, two monster hollies about 65 feet high, are grow- 

 ing a few miles from Sea Isle City, on the island of Five Mile Beach. 

 About 15 feet from the ground, a branch now nearly a foot in di- 

 ameter grew out from one of the trees and in some unknown manner 

 forced its way through the trunk of the adjoining tree, thus solidly 

 joining the two trees. These trees are of the same thickness and 

 height. Both are thrifty. 



Rainbow Tree is a wild cherry within a stone's throw of the 

 Wildwood station of the island of Five Mile Beach, a few miles from 

 Sea Isle City. The trunk of this tree, more than 2 feet in diameter, 

 after describing an arch or rainboAv, rises as straight as an arrow 

 to a height of 30 feet. 



NEW YOEK 



A publication of the New York State College of Forestry (70), 

 contains descriptions of nearly 50 freak trees in the State. Among 

 these are : 



Twin beeches, in the Morrisville swamp and in Peterboro swamp. 

 Elm lyre trees, near Prattville, and at Oswego. 

 Apple tree with five distinct trunks at Fulton. 



Hemlock growing in the crevice of a high cliff of trap rock near Tuxedo. 

 Locust trees forming a gateway at Saugerties. 

 Eight cedar trees growing from one stump, Putnam. 

 An elm tree growing from old stonework. Auburn. 



The Lonesome Pine, which grows in a small tuft of moss and huckleberry 

 bushes on top of a boulder. 



OKLAHOMA 



Affection Elms, at Shawnee, are trees that were twined together 

 when young. 



OREGON 



Cannibal Tree. A Douglas fir entirely enclosing an Oregon white 

 oak, was reported by the director of the Pacific Northwest Forest 

 Experiment Station. A cross section of the Cannibal Tree at the 

 experiment station verifies the story. 



An elm tree, planted upside down 15 years ago, is flourishing in 

 Portland. From the gnarled roots grow leaves larger than those 

 on normal elm trees. This tree was reported in the Sunday Star, 

 Washington, D. C, March 22. 1936, with a photograph, by the Asso- 

 ciated Press. 



Tillamook County, in the Coast Range Mountains, has a freak Sitka 

 spruce. Sitka spruce is ordinarily one of the stateliest, most symmet- 



