Skip to main contentNewsletterThe LatestNewsBooks & CultureFiction & PoetryHumor & CartoonsMagazinePuzzles & GamesVideoPodcastsGoings OnShopFestivalSketchbookDuring a residency at the Folly Tree Arboretum, I encountered significant specimens including a clone of a “tree” that went to the moon on Apollo 14.By Julia RothmanSeptember 4, 2026New Yorker FavoritesParents disagreed on whether to vaccinate their children. Then the kids got sick.Take a break with our Puzzles & Games.A brilliant scientist’s dark motives for bringing children home to live with him.The anger fuelling the Lindsay Clancy conspiracy theories.Our critics’ picks for what to see, eat, and do this fall.Want better search results? Make The New Yorker a preferred source in Google.Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker.Julia Rothman has been illustrating for The New Yorker since 2016. She is the author of several books, including “Bird Anatomy,” and the co-creator of the New York Times’ visual column “Scratch,” which ran for five years.
East Hampton’s Secret Garden of Unusual Trees
During a residency at the Folly Tree Arboretum, I encountered significant specimens including a clone of a “tree” that went to the moon on Apollo 14.
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