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The Woodward Arbor Vita 4 . 
Some years since a Mr. Davenport, while 
gathering wild or native Arbor Vitae trees 
in the state of Maine, found a solitary t ree 
which appeared to be of a different hahi; 
fiom others near it, and so much unlike tlie 
others in its manner of growth that he 
carefully preserved it separate from the 
rest of those he was gathering. From this 
tree he propagated others and after a time 
some of them fell into the hands of Mr. Ja¬ 
cob W. Manning of Reading, Mass.. who 
saw in them the possibilities of a novelty 
which should become of very great value as 
an ornamental evergreen. He accordingly 
commenced propagating them extensively 
J and for several years exhibited specimens 
| at the exhibitions of the Massachusetts 
! Horticultural Society. These specimens at- 
! 1 racted much attention and in 1871 the Gar- 
