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University of Illinois #7 REPLANTED LbNA #14107 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Mar 31, 2005
Location:
City:Urbana
County:Champaign
State:Illinois
Boxes:1
Planted by:Flying Dragon
Found by: The Christmas Elves
Last found:Oct 7, 2007
Status:FFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Mar 31, 2005
For this one you're going to find Japan House. Park in the lot to the north of this place. You're going to follow the path that leads to Japan House. Along this path, keep walking to the end of the flower bed on the right, don't get impatient now, and look for the tree closest to this point. Go to the side of this tree that's closest to the street and find the nameplate that identifies this as a member of the Taxodium genus. Approximately 2 feet to the right and 4 feet down there is a natural crevice in the base of the tree. There under the needles is the box. Be careful to only remove the letterbox and not pull out the plastic sleeve it is in. Try to place larger pieces of mulch over the container first before backfilling with more mulch to help avoid filling the container with mulch.

Once you have found this box, continue on down the path and visit Japan House. During certain times of the day you can tour the house, but as far as I know, the gardens are open during all daylight hours. I would love to eventually place this box in the area of the garden somewhere, but at this time of year, there is little to no ground cover, and I fear for the safety of the box. It is entirely possible that in the future, I will add a time sensitive box somewhere within the gardens when the cover is more stable.

You will need to bring your own pen and stamp pad, also due to the nature of the box (partially buried) it could be muddy/dirt covered. Discreetly log in and return the box to it's location and cover it back over.