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Four Interesting Old Trees 



WE RECEIVED the following inquiries from 

 one of our readers, and believing that the 

 facts about these historical trees, supplied by Mr. 

 E. H. Wilson of the Arnold Arboretum, may be of 

 interest to others, they are published herewith: 



Please tell me the age, height, and a little of the 

 history of the redwood trees in California? 



The redwood tree {Sequoia gigantea), the largest 

 of all coniferous trees, inhabits the western slopes 

 of the Sierra Nevadas in California, on which it 

 has a vertical range of from 5,000 to 8,000 feet 

 above sea-level. Its northern limit is near the 

 39th parallel of latitude, whence it spreads meri- 

 dianally in a narrow belt for a distance of 260 

 miles to Deer Creek just beyond the 36th parallel. 

 The first white man who saw the "Big Trees" was 

 probably John Bidwill, who, in 1841, crossed the 

 Sierra Nevadas from the east into California. 

 The tallest living tree that has been measured 

 was found to be 325 feet high; it is one of the 

 "Three Sisters" standing in the Calaveras grove. 

 The other two exceed 300 feet in height. Ex- 

 ceptional heights attained by trees that have been 

 felled or overthrown by storms in this extreme old 

 age have been estimated at 425, 363, 350, 325 feet, 

 etc. The girth five feet above the ground averages 

 45 to 75 feet and the bark is 20 to 30 inches thick. 

 This Sequoia is not only the largest coniferous 

 tree but is not surpassed in size by trees belonging 

 to any other natural order. Some of the Australian 

 Eucalypti are said to be of a greater height than 

 any Sequoia gigantea at present standing, but the 

 diameter of their trunks is considerably less. Trunks 

 of the Adansonia (African baobab) and Montezuma 

 Cypress are known with a greater diameter, but 

 their height is not nearly proportionate compared 

 with that of the Sequoia gigantea. 



Sequoia sempervirens inhabits a narrow strip 

 of territory along the Pacific littoral extending for 

 about 500 miles from the southern boundary of 

 Oregon to a little beyond Monterey in South 

 California and rarely ranging more than from 20 to 

 30 miles inland. It was discovered by Archibald 

 Menzies in 1795. Individual trees have been 

 measured whose height exceeded 300 feet, the 

 largest known being on Eel River, which in 1896 

 was 340 feet high. The average height is from 

 180 to 260 feet with a girth of 40 to 60 feet five feet 

 from the ground, and the trees are usually free of 

 branches for 75 to 100 feet of their height. Various 

 estimates as to the age of these giant redwood trees 

 have been made, but the most competent authori- 

 ties agree that none of the trees now standing 

 antedate the Christian era. 



What information can you give me 'about the cedar 

 of Lebanon and the banyan tree of India? 



The cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus Libani) occurs in 

 great numbers on Mt. Lebanon, chiefly on the 

 western slopes between latitudes of 33 30' and 34 

 30' N., not forming a continuous forest but in 

 stretches or groves, some of them comprising 

 several thousands of trees. Besides these, there 

 are vast forests covering the higher slopes of Mounts 

 Taurus and Anti-Taurus in Cilicia, with a vertical 

 range of from 3,000 to 6,000 feet elevation. It is 

 a majestic tree 80 to 100 feet tall with a girth of 

 25 to 40 feet. The growth is slow and the age of 

 the largest riving specimens on Mt. Lebanon has 

 been estimated at not less than 2,500 years. While 

 there is no question but what the cedar of Lebanon 



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