As well as being planted originally as a highway elm in Illinois in locations such as Winnetka and Cicero (where a two-and-a-half mile median strip in a highway was lined with the cultivar), by 1956 55,000 'Augustine' were reported thriving in thirty-eight states.
In addition to being planted originally in Illinois at locations such as Winnetka and Cicero (where a two-and-a-half mile median strip on a highway was lined with the cultivar), by 1956, 55,000 'Augustine' were reported thriving across thirty-eight states.