Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . r and notstrangle the natural growth that should follow. 31 TO KNOW FLUSHINGS TREES ISTO LOVE THEM Says JOHN E. WEIER, Commissioner of Parks, Borough of Queens,New York City NO city in the United States has more, or more beautiful, or a greatervariety of trees than Flushing. The site of the first tree nurseryestablished in America before the Revolution, this early effort isto-day still bearing fruit and will continue to be reflected in yearsto
Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . r and notstrangle the natural growth that should follow. 31 TO KNOW FLUSHINGS TREES ISTO LOVE THEM Says JOHN E. WEIER, Commissioner of Parks, Borough of Queens,New York City NO city in the United States has more, or more beautiful, or a greatervariety of trees than Flushing. The site of the first tree nurseryestablished in America before the Revolution, this early effort isto-day still bearing fruit and will continue to be reflected in yearsto come. Lovers of trees from all over the United States visit Flushing fora sight of some of the more famous specimens. Of these, the giant Cedarof Lebanon, one of the few of its kind in the country, is the most widelyknown. Of this wonderful specimen, no less an authority than of the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx has said: It alone isworth a trip to Flushing from any distance. A seedling obtained frombeneath it is now being raised in the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx. In no other city so far north is to be found the Southern Cypress,. Residence and Lawn of James A. Macdonald 32 FLUSHING AND VICINITY withstanding the climate of the Eastern seacoast in this latitude andthriving about as well as in the land farther south. The finest specimensof giant elms are to be found both in the streets and upon privategrounds, according to the United States Government authorities. Thegreat weeping beech in Washington Place, under whose sheltering shadea lawn party can be held and a hundred tables placed, is another wonder-ful tree known to foresters throughout the land. A sample of the primeval oak which has withstood the storms of athousand years, is to be found on the grounds of the home of Ellis ParkerButler. Years ago its companion was destroyed. Those who endeavoredto ascertain its age grew tired when they had counted eight hundred andforty rings. The record of its long life
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