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Botanic Garden Elm , Union Square, Southwest grass panel, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
See also HABS DC-678 for related documentation.
Significance: The Botanic Garden Elm (Zelkova carpinofolia) is significant because of its rarity, longevity, and association with the original United States Botanic Garden. It is also significant due to its preservation by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. during his redesign of the modern National Mall.
Survey number: HALS DC-9
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Date
1980
Contributors
Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles
Senate Park Improvement Commission
McMillan Comission
Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr.
McKim, Charles F.
Burnham, Daniel H.
O'Connor, Richard, Chief, Heritage Documentation Programs
Dolinsky, Paul D., Chief, Historic American Landscapes Survey
Neal, Darwina, Chief, Cultural Resources, NPS National Capital Region
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
