of the greatest romances in tree apprecia- 
tion the world has ever known. His diaries 
reveal that he possessed a keen sense of 
right and wrong in the handling of young 
trees and devoted much time impressing up- 
on his caretakers the idea that trees were 
living things, responding to kindness and 
care as unfailingly as humanity. 
To Washington, trees were companions 
and even in his declining years, trees were a 
refuge. No matter how numerous and com- 
plex the problems he was called upon to 
solve, he always had time for the com- 
panionship of trees. He definitely ex- 
pressed his love for trees throughout his 
life. 
At the present time there are forty-five 
trees growing at Mount Vernon which 
Washington planted; namely, 7 ash, 2 tulip, 
4 buckeye, 4 elm, 3 pecan 13 holly, 3 coffee 
bean, 2 linden, 2 beech, 3 box trees, 1 hem- 
lock and 1 mulberry tree. 
We know of no better practical way of 
falling in love with trees than to plant and 
care for them. “Junior Trees” make this 
easy in any back yard, a small area in a 
park, church grounds or school grounds, on 
an estate or farm. Keep in mind that all big 
trees, even the Charter Oak, Washington 
Elm and the Redwoods, were “Junior 
Trees” at one time just as truly as all men 
and women were, at one time, children. 
