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Andrew Jackson ’s Southern Magnolias
accord toDale Haney , the White House ’s horticulturalist , the former trees on the attribute are two southerly magnolias ( Magnolia grandiflora ) planted by Andrew Jackson between 1829 and 1837 . He planted them in honor of his married woman , Rachel , who died two hebdomad after he won the election , and before his inauguration . Alone , he left their home in Nashville , Tennessee for the White House , and he bring two magnolia saplings from the garden . magnolia had been Rachel ’s favorite Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ; Jackson planted them in her remembering , and he never remarried . The trees still bloom at the South Portico , and you’re able to see it engraved on the back of a twenty dollar mark bill . ( A mathematical function of commorative trees at the White House ishere . It lean the specimen with the year and planting president . )
Andrew Jackson ’s Southern Magnolia on the grounds of the White House . Photo by : James W Rosenthal , 2006 , Library of Congress ( left ) ; JoshBerglund19 / Flickr ( right )
Abraham Lincoln ’s Honey Locust
A honey locust Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( Gleditsia triacanthos ) in the Soldiers ' National Cemetery is known as the " witness tree"-the last living witness of Abraham Lincoln ’s Gettysburg Address on November 19 , 1863 . In the class following the Civil War , more than 100 Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree were embed in the Cemetery , many to commemorate fall soldiers ( Kentucky , for case , planted several Kentucky coffee tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in honor of soldier from the state ) , but the honey locust is the only tree - and , indeed , the only living thing - to have heard Lincoln fork out that heavy American spoken communication , the one that begin " Fourscore and seven age ago . “History buffs with some yard space may be concerned to know that ahistoric preservation organizationhas harvest the tree ’s seeds , and is now selling sapling descendent of Lincoln ’s dear locust tree .
Abraham Lincoln about to give up the Gettysburg Address with a new honeylocust tree in the background , and the tree today . picture credits : The National Archives ( left ) , William D Hewitt ( right ) .
George Washington ’s Tulip poplar tree
George Washington never chop down a cherry Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , but he did institute a mess of others — all American native specie , of course — at hisMount Vernon home . Washington loved gardening and he assume the role of landscape painting designer at the estate . He design a sweeping bowling green flank with long row of Tree . The canopied primer were perfect for entertaining , especially when fellow horticulturalists were visiting . Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin were frequent guests ( both of whom traded seeds with Washington ) , as was the Marquis de Lafayette , the Gallic full general and solon . Of all the trees , the tulip poplars ( Liriodendron tulipifera ) were the Marquis ’s preferred - he believed they were the quintessential American tree , and he brought sapling home to France . These tulip poplar , descendents of those planted by Washington himself , were planted at Versailles and given to Marie Antoinette as a gift . Today , Washington ’s two tulip poplars still grow at Mount Vernon . In 1989 , an historic establishment reap and circularize seeds to locations across the nation , including some to France , where Marie Antoinette ’s eighteenth - century tulip poplar had settle in a storm .
A tulip poplar blossom , and the tree diagram at Mount Vernon . exposure credits : delawarewildflowers.org ( left ) , mrshappyhousewife.com ( right ) .
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