Erection date: 8/2/1974
Tilla platyphyllos (broad leaved lime) planted by The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor Sir Hugh Wontner, CVO, D.Litt. On 8 February 1974 to commemorate 1500th tree planted in the City.
EC2, Aldermanbury
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
1500th tree in the City
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
1500th tree in the City
Chairman of the Savoy Group 1948 - 1984 and Managing Director 1941 - 1979. L...
The millennium tree (in 2008 still a sapling) is in front of the half-timbered wall. The two yews commemorating the 850th anniversary ar...
We decided against transcribing the apostrophe in "tree's" and using the Latin "sic" - that would just make us look nerdy and pedantic.
When we first saw the plaque it was in the pavement close to the tree but is now affixed to a nearby pillar.
The quotations are from Gibran's The Prophet. The tree is decorated with plastic jewellery and key-rings, many with "Stephanie" or "Penny".
We're not experts so we'll accept that the tree is a mulberry. And the tree engraved on the plaque - we'll accept that that is an older v...
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