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GREAT BANANA TREES NEAR QUIRIGUA 

 Of i8 monM^r^q^ trees grow to the height of 40 feet, attaining this growth in a period 



vLetiHon p'r. 1\}^^-^^^''V^\ '°'^ °^ ^^^ P'^'" "PO" ^hich Quirigua stands that the 



vegetation here grows at the incredible rate of one-half inch everv 24 hours 



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