Show FAMOUS TREES IN CAPITAL I I National Botanical Garden Has Many ol That That That- Were Planted by Nations Nation's N S Distinguished Men Including I the modest salary granted Its superintendent the national bota botan- botan leal garden at Washington pas has always been very cco economically supported by congress and deserves high credit for what It has accomplished with a conservative conservative con con- e Income But men who cultivate Tate vate flowers are usually willing to attempt attempt at at- i tempt the maximum of beauty with with the minimum of working capital The garden garden gar gar- den ha has many things that cannot be j duplicated Particularly Interesting to visitors are the trees planted by dl distinguished dis dis- men Charles Oharles A. A Dana Dan planted an acorn which he brought 1 from China General Grant Grunt planted an Senators Hoar an and Evarts each each- planted a cedar of Lebanon and Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Crittenden planted an oak There Is a tree planted by Edwin Booth and another planted by Edwin Forrest nut BUt the most famous tree of ot all Is the hornbeam horn horn- beam planted by President Lincoln As it now stands In the garden the the- shade of this tree covers about one on tenth of an acre I |