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Show m Pasting of Philadelphia Elmt. Anothr of thy old trees in, Ir.de- pomience gquaroias succumbed In tho M dry rot of ago and been felled by tho K woodman's nxe. It Is believed that It I was one of tho 100 tre b planted by I George Morgan In tho square In 1785. 1 All were elms, brought to this city from Now York Btato at tho sugges-I sugges-I (Ion of Samel Vnughnn, who took 1 an especial Interest In tho square. B Th umber of large trees In Inde-E Inde-E I2pncu B.",lro hns of lato years R liolfn' much reduced bv death, dway R and storm. The last signs of lire In M the elm which has Just been felled M were noted last summer. It was a m noble specimen of its kind, being about m three Aet in diameter and between m sixty and seventy feet high. It will ?B requ're many years for tho majority M of the trees In tho sr.uare, among M which is the young eli.i planted by R Gen. Grant, to reach this size. Phil-au. Phil-au. Rdelphla Public Ledger. |