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The big tree in the center, wliile not the largest, is one of the oldest. These trees were 

 rnuch admired l)y the Crusaders, who attempted to introduce them into Europe. Some of 

 these efforts were successful, and at Warwick Castle, in Kngland. there arc still some famous 

 old cedars planted by one of the crusading earls of Warwick nearly 800 years ago. 



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