Under a Buttonwood tree

[Tom Dunlap]

What is another name for 'Buttonwood'?

What happened there on this day in 1792?

http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/fact-of-the-day.html?date=2010-05-17

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttonwood_Agreement

 

[tomthetreeman]

Buttonwood is a common name used for Platanus occidentalis, American Sycamore, as the wood was commonly used for buttons. There are also other trees around the world that share that common name. The tree in the Wikipedia link clearly looks like a Sycamore.

-Tom