THE TWO OLDEST TREES 



This entire subject is one for a well 

 equipped scientist and chemist rather than 

 that of a practical lumberman who is 

 liable to make errors when treading upon 

 scientific ground. However, one fact is 

 sure beyond question, namely, that when 

 these trees were fossilized they were not 

 standing as and where they grew, but long 

 after they had fallen, and some even miles 

 away from where the seed gave them 

 birth. 



The Jurassic or Oolite Group is re- 

 markable for its fossil remains; fish, 

 shells, reptiles and birds larger than any 

 now known, also the great megalosaurus 

 which were often thirty feet in length, 

 also bats and innumerable insects; for its 

 clays of varied colors, its ferruginous 

 sandstone and its lime rocks, containing 

 copper silicates, ferric salts and other 

 minerals. 



Should you refer to the pictorial (geo- 

 logical) views of its vegetation you will 



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