Show tito oldest tree on iffarth tho oldest tree on earth at least as far ad as anyone know la is tho the boo treo tree in tho the sacred city of of burmah mah it vas ras planted the record says in tho the 3 e ir B C and is thereto nearly 2200 sears 5 oars old its great age ia Is proved according to historic documents docu menta s sir jamos I 1 amerson Km merson erson who adds to it kinza avo dedicated their dominions la tn testimony of a belief that it is a branch brunch of the identical o 0 alg tree under which buddha reclined at crumel vu when he underwent hie his apotheosis its leaver are tarried carried away by pilgrims ne as rell cri but as it i too sacred to touch with a knife these leav leases can only bo be gathered after the have fallen |