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Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11pennx (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department : WM. Stanley Ray, state printer of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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36 "Beneath this witness tree a new patriotism found notable expres- sion on a Sunday morning in September 1777. An express rider came to tell the congregation of Donegal church that the British army, under Lord Howe had left New York to invade Pennsylvania. This news demanded from all a new attitude towards the facts which challenged them to show proof of their patriotism. Their pastor, Rev. Colin McFarquhar, had been accustomed to offer prayers for the King of England. Pastor and congregation joined hands under its shade and pledged their loyalty to the cause of liberty and the founding of a new nation in this Western World." This historic White Oak is one of the grandest in the State. It is a veteran of more than 300 years and it may live for 100 years or more. A pilgrimage to it is worth while. Another historic tree is the Lafayette Sycamore. It stands on a hill about 200 yards east of the Brandywine Baptist church, near Chadds Ford, Delaware County. Its branches over-hang the stone house occupied by General Lafayette for headquarter purposes be- fore the battle of Brandywine, September 10-11, 1777. Historians tell us that Lafayette was laid under this tree after being wounded. Local reports inform us that he tied his horse to this tree on the evening before the battle. It is now a massive tree measuring almost 20 feet in circumference breast-high. At the ground it is over 25 feet in circumference. It is very accessible for observation and study, for it stands less than 100 yards from the Baltimore pike. There are other historic trees in Pennsylvania. Not all of them can be listed here. Undoubtedly there are many whose records are not yet fully known. The Department of Forests and Waters is anxious to compile full information about all the historic trees of the State. If the readers of this book know' of a Pennsylvania tree that has a story in history to tell, they will do a good turn by send- ing a full history of it to the Department of Forests and Waters. It is quite probable that some day a book will be published on the "Historic Trees of Pennsylvania." PENNSYLVANIA'S MOST UNIQUE TREE What is probably the most unique tree in Pennsylvania is a Pros- trate Juniper. It is growing in the woodlot owned by the late Christian Schenk, located in Conewago Township, Dauphin County. This tree is also called "trailing juniper," because of its trailing habit of growth. The tree has an average spread of 45 feet and aver- ages only 3 feet in height. It is indeed unique in that it is 15 times as wide as high and covers just about 2,000 square feet. Its estimated age is 165 years. ' •^ ,
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