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The Elm Tree at Philadelphia under which William Penn made his famous treaty with nineteen tribes of barbarians.

The Charter Oak at Hartford which preserved the written guarantee of the liberties of the Colony of Connecticut.

The Wide-spreading Oak Tree of Flushing, Long Island, under which George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends, preached.

The Lofty Cypress tree in the Dismal Swamp under which Washington reposed one night in his young manhood.

The huge French Apple tree near Ft. Wayne, Ind., where Little Turtle, the great Miami chief, gathered his warriors.

The Elm tree at Cambridge in the shade of which Washington first took command of the Continental army, on a hot summer's day.

The Tulip tree on King's Mountain battlefield in South Carolina on which ten blood-thirsty Tories were hanged at one time.

The tall Pine tree at Ft. Edward, N. Y., under which the beautiful Jane McCrea was slain.

The magnificent Black Walnut tree near Haverstraw on the Hudson at which General Wayne mustered his forces at midnight, preparatory to his gallant and successful attack on Stoney Point.

The great Pecan tree at Viller's plantation, below New Orleans, under which a portion of the remains of General Peckenham was buried.

The pear trees planted, respectively, by Governor Endicott, of Massachusetts, and Governor Stuyvesant, of New York, more than two hundred years ago.

The Freedman's Oak, or Emancipation Oak, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, under which the slaves of this region first heard President Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation.

The Eliot Oak of Newton, Mass., under which the apostle, John Eliot, taught the Indians Christianity.

The old Liberty Elm of Boston planted and dedicated by a schoolmaster to the independence of the colonies, and the rallying point for patriots before, during and after the Revolutionary war.

The Burgoyne Elm at Albany, N. Y., planted the day Burgoyne was brought there a prisoner.

The Ash and Tulip trees planted at Mount Vernon by Washington.

The Elm tree planted by General Grant on the Capitol Grounds at Washington.

Sequoia—Palo Alto, California

The Cary Tree planted by Alice and Phoebe Cary in 1832, a large and beautiful Sycamore, seen from the Hamilton turnpike, between College Hill and Mt. Pleasant, Hamilton County, Ohio.