Re: Brooklyn tree

In a message dated 7/18/00 11:05:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ECPep@aol.com 
writes:

<< An Ailanthus or Tree of Heaven.  Also Stink Tree to city children.  
Showing 
 our age Bill, some of the members of this list may not remember the tree 
that 
 grew in Brooklyn.  >>
That's the tree, Claire.  I'm 53 and read this novel in my mid-20s, although 
it was not a new book then.  And we know that many people come back to 
gardening in their 40s and 50s after a childhood interest, so I suspect there 
are more people on this list who recognize the book than you might think.  
The Ailanthus IS an interesting tree, although a nuisance most of the time.  
It grows rampantly in my woods.  The wood is very soft and relatively easy to 
cut down.  However, I have read that cutting this tree stimulates the 
production of new shoots from the roots.  They come up everywhere here and I 
am often pulling them out of my beds.  And this tree is incredibly fast 
growing.  A new sucker can grow 2-3 feet in a couple of months with ease.
Bill Lee

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