Appendix 4 



Memorial Trees Planted on the Grounds of the First U.S. 

 Botanic Garden.* 



1 . The Crittenden Memorial Tree, a mossy-cup oak 

 (Quercus macrocarpa) 



Planted in 1863 by the Hon. J.J. Crittenden. 

 Located near to and south of the east gateway 

 entrance to the Garden. The acorn for this and a 

 companion tree, planted at the same time by Mr. 

 Robert Mallory (a pesonal friend of Senator 

 Crittenden) were brought from Kentucky by these 

 two gentlemen. Mr. Mallory's tree was planted, 

 prior to its incorporation in the Botanic Garden, 

 on the towpath of the old Washington, D.C., Canal 

 and was located in the western section of the 

 Garden. 



2. The Garfield Memorial Tree, referred to as an acacia, 

 actually a silk tree or mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) 



Planted along the walk near the south entrance 

 to the large conservatory. A small seedling branch- 

 let of this tree was placed on the coffin of Presi- 

 dent Garfield during the funeral ceremonies by a 

 member of the Masonic fraternity. After the burial, 

 the seedling was brought to Washington and plant- 

 ed on the Botanic Garden grounds. (Near this tree, 

 on the opposite side of the walk, an acacia tree 

 was planted as a memorial to the late General 

 Albert Pike, for so many years the central figure 

 of the Masonic fraternity in the United States.) 



* Information on the Garden's memorial trees was compiled from two 

 sources: Hearings before the Committee on Public Buildings and 

 Grounds, House of Reps., Seventy-Fourth Congress, First Session on 

 House Res. #221, May 28, 1935, Washington, D.C., U.S. Govt. Printing 

 Office, 1935, pp. 25-26; and a letter to Frederick Law Olmsted, dated 

 April 12, 1934, from the Architect of the Capitol, Botonic Garden, Files, 

 Records of the Architect of the Capitol. Earlier information on trees to 

 be found on the garden grounds was compiled by Frederick Law Olmsted 

 in the Annual Report of the Architect of the United States Capitol, 

 Washington, D.C., U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1882, p. 10. 



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