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Show Know No Old Age. Brazilian cocoanut palms live from 600 to 700 years, and the Arnbs assert that the date palm frequently reaches the age of 200 to 300 years, says the Dundee Advertiser. Wallan's oak near Paisley, Scotland, Is known to be over 700 years old, and there are eight olive ol-ive trees on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem which aro known to have been flourishing In 1099. The yews at Fountains Abboy, Yorkshire, were old trees when In 1132 tho abbey was built, nnd a redwood in Mariposa Grove, California, Is a manifold centenarian. cen-tenarian. Baobab trees of Africa have been computed to bo over 5,000 years old, and the deciduous cypress of Chnpultepec Is consldetcd to be of a still greator ago. Humboldt said that the Dracenn Draco at Orotnva, on Tenerlffe, was ono of tho oldest Inhabitants Inhab-itants of tho earth. |
