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THE ARBOR DAY LADY 
As Trenton is one of the most historic 
cities, the tree could not have been planted 
in a more appropriate place. It is planned 
that when the two hundredth anniversary is 
celebrated, New Jersey’s official exercises 
shall be held at this tree. 
Miss Hellings, a member of this Associa¬ 
tion, carried out the plans for this planting, 
and adds a note in behalf of the tree: 
Personally I am glad the Washington 
Memorial Tree was to be an Elm, as it is 
one of the most distinctive native trees of 
America, either in Winter or in Summer. 
The American Elm has a precise, symmet¬ 
rical outline which no other tree can claim; 
first, the limbs separate from the trunk which 
in like fashion the branches separate from the 
limbs, and these again separate into smaller 
ones until they terminate into mere twigs. It 
is this grace in maturity that makes the elm 
so beautifully conspicuous even when lacking 
of its summer dress. Its outline against the 
far-reaching landscape is in truth the greatest 
poem ever expressed—and without words. 
