APPENDIX 



THZ TALLIIT TRZIt IN THX WORLD 



Giant Eucalyptus — Eucalyptus amyg- 



dalina — Australia 470 feet 



Big Tree — Sequoia WtUingtonia — 



W. Am 350 " 



Redwood — Sequoia temptrvirent — 



California 315 " 



Sugar Pine — Pinus Lambertiana — 



Pacific Coast 300 " 



Douglas Spruce — Psudotsuga mucro- 



Buro— Pacific Coast 300 " 



Western Hemlock — Tsuga httere- 



phylla—Vicific Coast 250 " 



Western Larch — Larix occldeatalit 



—Pacific Coast 150 " 



Western Arbor Vitae — Thuya gigan- 



f«(3— Pacific Coast 200 " 



Buttonwood — Platanus eccidentalii 



—E.Am 160 " 



Red Oak — S^uercus rubra — E. Am. . 150 " 

 Tulip Tree — LiriadendrenTulipijera 150 " 



THE OLDtST TREIS IN THK WORLD 



(Probable age limit) 

 Dragon Tree — Dracttna Draco — 



Canaries 6/x» years 



Baobab Tree — Adansonia digitata 



—Africa 5/x» " 



Bald Cypress — Taxedium mucro- 



natum — Mexico 4/300 " 



Oriental Plane — Platanus erien- 



taJis — Europe and Asia Afioo " 



Eastern Cyprtti—Cupreisus sem- 



pervirent — Europe and Asia. . . 3/X0 " 

 European Yew — Taxui baccata — 



Europe, Asia and Africa 3 ,000 " 



European Chestnut — Castanea 



saliva — Europe J/X» " 



English Oak — ^uercas peduncu- 



/a/fl— Europe 2,000 " 



Big Tree — Sequoia fVellingtonlM — 



California 2,000 " 



Cedar of Lebanon — Cedrus Lthani 



Asia Minor 2,000 " 



APPROXIMATX AGES AT WHICH TREES MATtJRS 



White Pine— Pmuj Strebus 250 years 



White Oak— ^«*rf ttj aiba 200 " 



Chestnut — Castanea dtntata 200 " 



Elms — Ulmus spp fo " 



Beech — Fagus Americana 100 " 



Poplars — Populus spp 50 " 



Birches — Betula spp 50 " 



Willows — Salix spp 50 " 



Basswoods — Tilia spp 100 " 



Catalpa — Caialpa speciosa 25 " 



White Ash — Fraxinus Americana . 80 " 



RELATIVE RAPIDITY OF GROWTH OF FAMILIAR 

 TRIES 



[From report of W. F. Fox, Superintend- 

 ent of State Forests, New York] 



Three-inch saplings, in favourable situa" 

 tions, will, in twenty years, have diameters of! 



Silver Maple — Acer saccharinum , . 21 inches 



Box Elder — Acer Negundo 21 " 



American Elm — Ulnus Americana 19 " 

 Tulip Tree— Liriodendron Tulipi- 



fera 18 " 



Sycamore — Platanus occidentalis . . 18 " 



Basswood — Tilia Americana 17 " 



Catalpa — Catalpa speciosa 16 " 



Red Maple — Acer rubrum 16 " 



Ailanthus — Ailanthus glandulosa. . 16 " 

 Cucumber Tree — Magnolia acumi- 

 nata 15 " 



Chestnut — Castanea dentata 14 " 



Yellow Locust — Robinia Pseudaca- 



cia 14 " 



Hard Maple — Acer Saccharum 13 " 



Horse Chestnut — /Esculus Hippo- 



castanum 13 " 



Honey Locust — Gleditsia triacan- 



thos 13 " 



Red Oak — Quercus rubra 13 " 



Pin Oak — Qjiercus palustris 13 " 



Scarlet Oak — ^uercus coccinea. . . . 13 " 



White Ash — Fraxinus Americana.. 12 " 



White Oak — Quercus alba 11 " 



Hackberry — Celtis occidentalis 10 " 



TREES THAT SPROUT FROM THE STUMP 



Black Locust — Robinia Pseudacacia 



Chestnut — Castanea dentata 



Oaks — i^uercus spp. 



Ashes — Fraxinus spp. 



Elms — Ulmus spp. 



Maples — Acer rubrum and saccharinum 



Beech — Fagus Americana 



Birches — Betula spp. 



Basswood — Tilia spp. 



Willows — Salix tpp. 



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