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Freak Trees of the State of New York · Gurth Adelbert Whipple — chapter 3 of 4 · ~271 words · public domain

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Basswood or Linden tree with young tree growing out of hollow trunk of mother tree. Blue Mountain, Saugerties, N. Y.]

Mrs. W. C. Schlax, 57 Henry Ave., Newburgh, N. Y.

Pine tree, Central Valley, N. Y.]

Beech tree, Sacandaga river, town of Day, Saratoga Co.]

Arthur Burdick, Glenfield, N. Y.

Red Birch tree, Greig, Lewis Co., N. Y.]

“Eddy” Faulks, 821 University Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

White Spruce near Cranberry Lake, opposite Ranger School.]

Apple tree, five distinct trunks, large early green apples.]

M. J. Witson, 333 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, N. Y.

Black Birch trees, Oakland Valley.]

Pine tree.]

Twin Beech, Peterboro Swamp, Madison Co., N. Y.]

Edna A. Fenska, 226 Kensington Road, Syracuse, N. Y.

Sugar Maple, near Constantia, N. Y.]

Hemlock in crevice of a high cliff of traprock, near Tuxedo, N. Y.]

Miss Dorothy D. Van Gaasbeek, Hill St., Saugerties, N. Y.

Locust trees form a gateway.]

2 Beech trees connected with branch farm woodlot west of Rochester, N. Y.]

Miss Margaret Glennon, 114 Lewis Ave., Elmhurst, L. I., N. Y.

Elm tree, about 3½ miles out of the village on the main road, Urlton, Green Co., N. Y.]

Beech, Brown’s Gorge, near McGraw.]

Cedar, eight trees growing from one stump, 15 to 20 feet high, Putnam, N. Y.]

Mountain Ash, six feet tall, limbs wound around each other such that they form a dense tangle, Scio, N. Y.]

N. W. Van Nostrand, Jr., 802 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Elm, between Berlin and Petersburg, N. Y.]

Beech trees, 5 feet apart, limb grown into the other tree.]

Alice E. Barnes, 511 W. 112th St., New York City.

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