Show cherry trees gift of X tokyo to washington Washing toll in november 1909 the he municipal ity ot of tokyo japan presented to th the city of washington 2000 japanese S cherry trees as a token pt the high esteem which was held by the people 4 of tokyo for the people of the 11 states the trees arrived in wash S ington in january 1910 but upon up 4 careful inspection by experts fr in the ha it united states department of agri culture were found to be I 1 I 1 infected fe c ted if with the root gall worms rod and 0 other th e r v insect pests and with certain bertal n in diseases this necessitated their be i ing destroyed which was wag done by as burning in february 1912 another V shipment of trees was made tron from tokyo to replace those des destroyed i this shipment arrived la in washing ton in march 1912 1012 the fr trees ees were in splendid condition and were I 1 IB mediately med lately planted the first I 1 tree ree was planted by sirs mrs taft personally F in the presence of the japanese ambassador bas gador at the invitation imitation ot of lira taft the chloda planted 1 the second tree |