By Bill Emory |
Published online 4:04am Monday Apr 30th, 2012
and in print issue #1118 dated Thursday May 3rd, 2012
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Charlottesville schoolchildren measure the circumference of a Quercus alba (white oak) at Forest Hills Park on Arbor Day, the last Friday in April.
~ Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.
FYI: I have a real estate agent's listing for Rev. James Fife's Oak Lawn, of which Forest Hills Park was part, from 1866 or '67. Among other attributes, the agent notes:
"This farm contains 340 acres of land. One third of it is in wood-land, 75 acres of which is original growth consisting of Red, White and Black Oak, Hickory & Pine. The remaining 35 acres consist of second growth pine."
I expect that tree remembers those days.
Webster52April 30th, 2012 | 1:43pm
Nice place for a botanical garden
hook readerMay 2nd, 2012 | 8:56pm
Need to cut that tree down it blocks my view of the blue ridge
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Bill --
Beautiful shot.
FYI: I have a real estate agent's listing for Rev. James Fife's Oak Lawn, of which Forest Hills Park was part, from 1866 or '67. Among other attributes, the agent notes:
"This farm contains 340 acres of land. One third of it is in wood-land, 75 acres of which is original growth consisting of Red, White and Black Oak, Hickory & Pine. The remaining 35 acres consist of second growth pine."
I expect that tree remembers those days.
Nice place for a botanical garden
Need to cut that tree down it blocks my view of the blue ridge