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Did you know the following about the Japanese Elm outside our window near South College?

Ulmus japonica
In 1890, William Penn Brooks brought this outstanding specimen, the first of its kind, from Sapporo Agricultural College in Hokkaido, Japan, a school founded by the third president of Massachusetts Agricultural College, William Smith Clark. In 1997, its circumference measured 147 inches, its height 83 feet, and its spread, 75 feet. Its rating (C+H+S/4) was 249, earning it the champion title for all of America.

For more details about the trees on campus, check out the "Trees We Love"