| Show famous european tree one of the most famous trees in europe was recen recently tl destroyed by a storm it v was a poplar and had stood for centuries near in ger many of great size it waa was also ra mark ablo for the historical events with which it was connected as well as tor for the fact that in course of time some of ita its branches had bad as fumed grotesque forms of animals the branches were so interlaced and twisted that at one point they pre scented the appearance of a monkey preparing to climb to the top this tree was popularly known as the swedish tree because it was a wit ness of the battle of sept 24 1836 in which the swedes fought against the bermans it was also known as the baner poplar because gens baner and Tor tenson knelt beneath it and thanked god for giving them the victory though the old treo tree is dead ita offshoot which grew beside it wu wa uninjured b the storm and with the object of preserving it more an iron railing Is to be placed arund it and beside it Is to be erected a monument on which will be insch M the history of the fa poplar |
