This photo was taken during a visit to the Japanese Garden at the Washington Arboretum on July 11, 2007. It is of a wooden sign with a small plaque placed next to a birch tree.

It reads:

BETULA PENDULA
European White Birch
Planted by
Crown Princess Michiko
of Japan
October 5, 1960

Click here to see a picture of the tree >>

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Seattle Japanese Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum
1075 Lake Washington Boulevard East
North of East Madison Street
206.684.4725
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