Show OF I 1 cherry trees gift of n tokyo to washington in november 1909 1000 the municipal ity of tokyo japan presented to the c ty of washington 2 japanese cherry trees as a token tolen of the high esteem which was I 1 eld by the people of tokyo for the people of the united states the trees arrived in wash ington in january 1910 but upon careful inspection by experts in the united states department of agri culture were found to be infected at with the root gall worms and other insect pests and with certain fungus d sea es this necessitated their be ing destroyed which was done bb by Y j bural burning in february 1912 abnot another er 1 shipment of trees was made from tokyo to replace those destroyed fe a this shipment arrived in washing ton in march 1912 the trees were in splendid cond tion and were im ti mediately planted the first tree j was planted by mrs taft personally in the presence of the japanese am cassador bas at the invitation of mrs taft the chinda planted I 1 the second tree |