 | 1849 - 626 pàgines
...all the veneration which an object that awakens the sentiment of antiquity inspires in a new Country. Not far from it stands the stump of a contemporary,...trunk tell the story of nine hundred years' growth! " What is the solution, you ask, as yon resume your drive again, of the mystery of this peculiar growth... | |
 | Rochester Academy of Science - 1906 - 378 pàgines
...Albany, 1843. 1843. — Natural History of New York, Part V. Agriculture, Vols. I, II. By E. ICmmons. Albany, 1843. The author, describing Plate III, A...years' growth." 1851. — Phelps and Gorham Purchase. ByO. Turner. Rochester, 1851. The author speaks of the magnificent forest trees of the valley of the... | |
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Tree", under which the first treaty was signed between the Indians and the first settlers of Geneseo. At the time of writing, 1848, the old tree was healthy and green. He also speaks of other magnificent specimens of oak and elm trees to be seen in the... 