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Famous trees / [by Charles E. Randall and D. Priscilla Edgerton].

by Randall, Charles E. (Charles Edgar), 1897-1986.

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1938.

Trees -- United States.

Historic trees -- United States.

Champion trees -- United States.

Miscellaneous publication (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 295.

116 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Trees associated with notable people. pp. 2 -- Trees associated with the building of the Nation. pp. 16 -- Trees associated directly with educators and educational institutions. pp. 43 -- Trees associated particularly with writers and literature. pp. 47 -- Trees associated with religion. pp. 50 -- Trees that have had special protection. pp. 55 -- Trees with peculiar aesthetic or sentimental associations. pp. 59 -- Trees notable for unusual size or age. pp. 66 -- Freak trees. pp. 102 -- Literature cited. pp. 111.

Trees by their very nature are landmarks and memorials. They are therefore identified with human happenings. Trees also have more than the allotted life span of man and carry their association through generations of men and women. Thus they often figure not only in biography but also in history.

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