1. Merry Cherry
3rd
Grade
Ms. Abraham and Ms. Mitchell

2. Share what you know!
• Who
• What
• Where
• When
• Why
• About Cherry Blossom and other Flowers

3. who did the Cherry Blossom
Trees come from?
After returning from Japan in
1885, Ms. Eliza Ruhamah
Scidmore approached the
Superintendent of Public
Building and Grounds with the
proposal to plant Cherry
Blossom Trees around the
Potomac Waterfront. Her
proposal was denied though
she continuously tried for the
next 24 years.
First Lady Helen H. Taft finally
honored Ms. Scidmore’s
request in 1909 an outlined a
plan to plant the trees.
Viscountess Chinda, wife of
the Japanese Ambassador
planted the first Cherry
Blossom Tress along the Tidal
Basin.

4. What is a Cherry Blossom Tree?
• Cherry Blossom or Sakura (Japanese kanji : 桜 or 櫻 ; katakana: サクラ ;
hiragana: さくら ) is the Japanese name for ornamental cherry tree.
• Japan gave 3,020 sakura trees as a gift which had 12 different varieties.
• Somei-Yoshino" ......................................1,800
"Ari ake"....................................................100
"Fugen-zo".................................................120
"Fuku-roku-ju".............................................50
"Gyo-i-ko"...................................................20
• (The Gyoiko were all planted on the White House Grounds)
•
"Ichiyo".....................................................160
"Jo­nioi".......................................................80
"Kwan-zan"...............................................350
"Mikuruma­gayeshi"......................................20
"Shira-yuki"...............................................130
"Surugadai­nioi"............................................50
"Taki­nioi"...................................................140
•
Total.........................................................3,020

5. Where are they from?
Where are they now?
• The trees were a gift
from Tokyo, Japan.
• They were planted
along side the
Potomac Waterfront.

6. When did Cherry Blossom
Trees get to D.C?
• 1909: December 10, 2,000 cherry trees arrive in Seattle from Japan.
• 1910: January 6, trees arrive in Washington, DC.
• 1910: January 19, an inspection team for the Department of
Agriculture found the trees were infested with insects and other
diseases.
• 1910: The trees were burned.
• 1912: New trees were sent and planted in Washington, D.C.

7. Why did D.C. get cherry
blossom trees?
• They were a symbol of friendship and
diplomacy between Japan and the United
States.

8. Observation Activity
• In front of us there are several different types of cherry blossom
trees. Today we are going to observe the differences and similarities
between the types and record our observations in a Venn diagram.
Also, we will be able to identify the different parts of a flower on our
own class diagram of a flower and the cherry blossoms in front of us!

9. Flowers and Friendship
• Let’s a create a flower using construction and
tissue paper. On each petal write qualities of
what a true friend is like. Also, lets try to sign
the word flower.

10. Bibliography
• "Cherry Blossom History." Nps.Gov. 25 Jan. 2008.
National Park Service. 30 Mar. 2008
<http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/cherry-
blossom-history.htm>.