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Show Famous New York Trees. In front of Columbia university 11 brary are two English yews which were brought, from England in 1S0C and set out in St. John's park. Latei they were removed to the Elgin botan ical gardens at. Fiftieth street, which were then a part of Columbia. Jn 1SS" the trees were transplanted to Morn ingsldp Heights. On the upper part of the island near Spuyten Duyvll stands the largest tulip tree on Manhattan. Man-hattan. It has a diameter of 6 feet Near Fordham square in the Bron Is the Stenton willow, said to be HOC years old, and at the foot of Cypress avenue are the two largest cypresses In the country. They stand on land once a part of the Oouverneur Morrrip estate. New York Sun. |