. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. T 72 (•: .f The Florists' Review SlPTBMBBR 30, 1915. for shade or decorative purposes, and, being found only in California, it would have a small field of usefulness. Horticulturists say that the valley oak is not popularly considered a nut-bear- ing tree, for its acorns are not gener- ally used for food, although, of course, they are edible. Foresters say that the chestnut and the black walnut are the largest nut-bearing trees in this country, and the contest did, in fact, unearth a chestnut near Crestmont, N. C, which is thirty-ihree feet four ir
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. T 72 (•: .f The Florists' Review SlPTBMBBR 30, 1915. for shade or decorative purposes, and, being found only in California, it would have a small field of usefulness. Horticulturists say that the valley oak is not popularly considered a nut-bear- ing tree, for its acorns are not gener- ally used for food, although, of course, they are edible. Foresters say that the chestnut and the black walnut are the largest nut-bearing trees in this country, and the contest did, in fact, unearth a chestnut near Crestmont, N. C, which is thirty-ihree feet four irches in circumference and about seventy-five feet tall. Becords in Other Species. The contest brought forth photo- graphs and authentic descriptions of 337 trees in all parts of the United States, making a distinctly valuable contribution to existing knowledge of native trees. It was found that, in all probability, there is no living elm larger than "The Great Elm" at Wethersfield, Conn., which is twenty- eight feet in circumference and about 100 feet tall, and is estimated to be 250 years old. Many remarkable speci- mens of species which ordinarily attain only small sizes were unearthed by the contest, furnishing new records of maximum growth. For example, a sassafras was brought to light at Hor- sham, Pa., which is fifteen feet ten inches in circumference at four feet from the ground, whereas not long be- fore this a Georgia town claimed that it had the largest sassafras tree in the world, though this tree was only some- thing over seven feet in circumference. A white birch was found in Massachu- setts with a girth of twelve feet two inches; a pecan was found in Louisiana with a circumference of nineteen feet six inches, and a catalpa in Arkansas with a girth of sixteen feet. The tall- est tree found is a yellow poplar in North Carolina, which is 198 feet high and has a circumference of. thirty-foui* feet six inches. The value of the contest lies in its contributi
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