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Re: TT: Re: your mail
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On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Kathie Grace Schreibman wrote:
> However, as I remember "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" that tree is an
> ailanthus. I'll find a copy and figure it out. But probably not soon.
Alas, I haven't read the book, but was told "the tree" was a Magnolia
(Not always a reliable source!). Either way, the nick name "the tree that
grows in Brooklyn" has been given to the Ailanthus --because of the book.
My favorite name for Ghetto Palms (Ailanthus) is still the Baltimore City
Walnut!
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