Show Passing of Philadelphia Elms Another of tho old trees in Independence Inde-pendence square has succumbed to the dry rot of ago and been felled by tho woodmans axe It Is believed that It wns one of tho 100 trees planted by George Morgan In the square In 1785 All were elms brought to this city from Now York state at the suggestion sugges-tion of Samuel Vaughan who took nn especial Interest In the square nit numuer or largo trees in independence inde-pendence square has of late years bodn much reduced by death decay and storm The last signs of life In the elm which has just been felled wero noted lastsummer It was a noble specimen of Its kind being about threo feet In diameter and between sixty and seventy feet high It will require mnny years for tho majority of the trees In tho square among which Is tho young elm planted by Gen Grant to reach this slzj Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Public Ledger |