Word: grandiflora
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...ripped over the White House grounds this summer snapped the top off John Quincy Adams' Ulmus americana, and one of these years there will have to be last rites for the great elm. Full honors are due: it has been a sentinel for 161 years. An Andrew Jackson Magnolia grandiflora has rotted out, and not even the steel reinforcement rods may be enough to hold it in shape for many more months. When the time comes, sound taps for a 150-year veteran. But be not despairing. Its twin is still healthy and firmly rooted by the south entrance...
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