LARGEST TREES IN AMERICA.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 37, 15 May 1917, Page 2

LARGEST TREES IN AMERICA.

A recent efiort by the American Genetic Association to locate and identify the largest American trees resulted in the discovery of a sycamore or buttonwood which is more than 42 feet in circumference and 150 feet high. Other large trees reported were a valley oak 37 feet in circumference, a chestnut 35 feet in circumference, a tulip tree 34 feet, a sassafras nearly 16 feet, a white birch 12 feet, a pecan 19 feet, and a catalpa 16 feet in circumference. The largest elm reported was the “great elm” at Wethersfield, Connecticut, which is about 28 feet in circumference.