Augustine died, but his shares in the new Association passed on 
to surviving members of his family, and his plans for developing 
the Augustine Ascending Elm were pushed forward with energy. 
Its large scale propagation was undertaken under strictly con- 
trolled conditions by Eugene A. de St. Aubin and Bros., who had 
both the results of Mr. Augustine’s long experience in propaga- 
tion and their own to work with. By February, 1948, 1400 
American Elm seedlings had been grafted with Augustine 
Ascending Elm wood from Normal. Next year 15,000 was set 
as the propagation goal, and at the present time (August, 1951) 
20,000 Augustine Ascending Elms are growing; they include 
6-8 foot 2 year, 8-10 foot 3 year, and 114-114 inch diameter 
specimens. Each tree shipped bears a permanent copyrighted 
metal nameplate on which is the registered trademark and a 
serial number. This enables the Association to keep a careful 
record of all the Augustine Ascending Elms growing all over the 
country. 
In the meantime sample Augustine Ascending Elms were 
sent to arboretums for permanent professional observation. A 
partial list of these arboretums which have Augustine Ascending 
Elms follows: 
Arnold Arboretum, Boston 
Morton Arboretum, Lisle, [linois 
Public Garden, Boston 
Missouri Botanical Gardens, Gray Summit, Missouri 
West Point Military Academy Cemetery 
New York Botannical Gardens, Bronx, New York 
Governor’s Mansion Grounds, Springfield, Hlinois 
Trees and leaf samples were sent to research centers for identi- 
fication and disease-resistance studies; a partial list follows: 
Iilinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, Illinois 
Department of Botany, University of Chicago 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
Bureau of Plant Industry, Columbus Ohio 
and Beltsville, Maryland 
Forestry Service, Washington, D.C. 
And Augustine Ascending Elms were sold in quantities. 
Cities bought them for avenue, street, and park planting: Balti- 
more has 700 planted on Dorithan Road and Loch Raven Boule- 
vard; New York City has 200; Washington, D. C. has 100; Des 
Moines has 75; Clayton, Missouri has 50; Wichita has 25. Golf 
courses bought them; for example, Flint Golf Club in Flint, 
Michigan has 210, 8-10 foot trees. Country clubs bought them, 
among which are the Blue Hills Country Club in Kansas City, 
Missouri and the Brandywine Country Club in Wilmington, Dela- 
ware. Cemeteries bought them, among which is Forest Hill 
Cemetery in Canton, Ohio. The above names and figures are, of 
course, not at all exhaustive but are meant to show the type of 
wholesale purchases and the extent of the geographical distribu- 
tion of Augustine Ascending Elms. 
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