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Word: tree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cambridge residents may not have appreciated experimental research, but they did enjoy the bright, colorful display of rare plants and trees. The Gardens were a showplace for visitors; several generations of citizens spent summer afternoons in the shade of the big Austrian Pine and the prehistoric Gingko tree...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: Circling the Square Flora's End | 3/4/1949 | See Source »

...employee pointed out a strange speciman: "That's a Chinese Umbrella tree--only one in these parts for many years," he explained. 'That Austrian Pine is pretty rare for this section of the country too." These are among the trees still standing which will be saved to landscape the new development...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: Circling the Square Flora's End | 3/4/1949 | See Source »

...Well," commented an old bystander watching this week's construction progress, "it was a nice place to take your girl walking ... I hope they save the Gingko tree...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: Circling the Square Flora's End | 3/4/1949 | See Source »

...Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories of Stamford, Conn, cautioned teenagers against carving initials on trees, explaining that fungus and insects used them as invasion points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Feb. 21, 1949 | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

Father: Who chopped down the cherry tree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Parson Weems Retold | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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