…Some of these species were said to be more than a century old and had been brought over from Europe.”1

Cutleaf European Beech

Planetree Maple

Oak Trees

Scarlet Oak Trees

Tulip Tree

Weeping European Beech Tree

White Mulberry Tree

1. King, Robert B. and McLean, Charles O. The Vanderbilt Homes. New York: Rizzoli, 1989. p. 69.



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