Moon Tree
A sycamore tree in the square, planted in 1975, was a Moon tree: it was grown from seeds that had been carried to the moon by astronaut Stuart Roosa on the Apollo 14 mission. It died around 2008.
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Famous quotes containing the words moon and/or tree:
“The sea is calm to-night.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits;—”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)