On a quiet street sat a large light green house with a stone porch & white pillars. The bay windows on either side of the front door were crowned with leaded glass panels. Inside the house lived five extraordinary girls with two remarkable parents. They were American born Irish catholics. Within this house every emotion was to be played out & sometimes carried to the extreme. Let's take a peek inside, shall we...
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An elm tree?
yes, we had glorious american elms before the dutch elm blight. then they put in maples
When the town sprayed to save the elm trees I would hold my breath and pray, Catholics, ya know.
Our streets were canopied by elegant old elm trees.
Now Maple trees are threatened by a blight and global warming.
I do not recall spraying ... my recollection is that they injected the elm trees with something to stop the progress of the disease, maybe by killing the beetles. They used large tubes that were plunged into the ground around the roots.
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