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Show Largsat Tree In the World. In the public square of Nassau, tha opUl of the Manama Islands, there la only one true, but that tree literally Ilia the square and spreads Ita ahade over all the publlo buildings In tha neighborhood, fnr It la tha largeat tree In the world at Ita base, although It la hardly taller than a three-atory houaa. It la usually known aa a ceiba, or a Bilk-cotton troe, but the people of the low lnlanda of the Weat Indlea call It the hurricane tree. Gvon tho oldest old-est negro In the Island can not remember remem-ber when It waa a bit smaller than la at present. |