Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1912 — SET KING TREE IN NEW YORI [ARTICLE]

SET KING TREE IN NEW YORI

Park Authorities Replace Royal Eng lish Oak Planted by Edward VII. New York.—A royal English oak tree has been set in Central park) a. the official successor of one planted by the late king Edward VII. when he visited the United States in 1860. The king’s tree died in 1908 after a twenty years’ attempt by the park authorities to nurse it out of persistent ill health. The new tree Is a perfect specimen about 15 years old and destined to become one of the largest and most per- 1 fectly formed trees in the park. Its location is within a stone’s throw of a. white oak set out by Washington ring. -