LARGEST TREES IN AMERICA
A recent effoi thy the Amercan (Jenctic Association to locate r.nd identify the largest American trees resulted : n the discovery of a sycamore or button' wood (Platanus occidentals) which is more than 42 feet in circumference ai d 1 ."if) feet high. Other large tiws 'reported were a valley oak (Quercus Lo liata 37 feet in circumference, a ihe-t----nut (Castanea dentata) 35 ft. ; n oil - ( umfcrence, a tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera 34 ft., a sassafras (Sassafras variifolium) nearly 1G feet, a white birch 12 feet, a pecan (Carya lllmoen sis) 19 feet, and a catalpa (Gitalpa s|H'cioso) 16 feet in circumference. The largest elm reported was the. "great elm) at Wethersfield, Connecticut, which is about 2S feet in circumferen ;e.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 195, 28 July 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)
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124LARGEST TREES IN AMERICA Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 195, 28 July 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)
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