Show KA E i REES not ablo ar t ho Foriest r jt f arc still existing alio th e largest ami and the tile oldest tree ThellY yeli elm elin of cornwall A it swiss the lombardy 0 cypress etc efe ij botton one third of theland the land surface oui planet ia is covered with trees the largest tree in the world is sit anted in in mascoll Ala near tho the foot of mt etna and ia is called the chestnut tree of a hundred hor horses 6 e and is believed to be the oldest tree in the world its naino name arose from the report that queen jane jano afara of ara gon with her principal nobility took refuge from a violent storm under its branches at one time it was supposed that it consisted of a clump of trees united but on dig ging away the earth the root was found entire and at no great depth five enormous branches rise irom from 2121 feet in cir tho the trunk lias has been broken away and its in in lenoia lio Howand to contain alja d a I 1 flock AA of sheep or to ad unit driving abreast through if it it still bears abundance of fruit and dud ita its collectors have bave built a hut within the trunk the better to promote their proceedings at tortworth Tort worth england there exists a chestnut tree measuring at four feet from froin the ground sixty f feet acet in ceal though at the present time it is nearly a sylvan ruin aag A fig tree stands on the itie bank of the river johnstone in east last australia in latitude 27 degree degrees longitude degrees near brisbane measuring three feet from the ground 1501 feet bet and at fifty two fl feet beet where it sends off greab ran clies eight te tin ja ctr c cu m inference fare ace where 11 e c lity lits ubon on bf australia I 1 a festas as it lies where it was broken off at the lop top and it is calculated to have stood high it measures six feet I 1 ty clice jh ie ia a pla nelree is is t ewt f j t i ay iy feltin ail ence at bajak asia min or is is a apo pond nd overshadowed by three gigantic gigan ahil ti to piano lanc trees the trunk of one of ono foot ram m the tile ground measures forty iq circumference the largest tree in me united states stands near sear creek on the north side of tule river california na it measures feet in circumference L jn ik buol 1 I rd california stands giant llloyd ll lood c feet aft jre C cl nas as been eo so entirely hollowed owed by long use as a chimney that the road makers could st the temptation of completing the work u f camp fires I 1 ve C a a ka arab vay right through the bartl farther ier side of the poor dead stump and led the apa road that lat ilow me li ingli j ga i r crowded bowd 0 ed i coach v i 78 s all i alrie 1 s through the v e ery ry heart of tho great tr ae may have been young in the days of julius cw casar ar there jire arm trees standing standi n near it measuring from devent seventy y two iyo to ninety six feet in ill circumference T the lie grizzly giant the them mon areli of mariposa Bla grove measures 92 feet A n tulare A L called from i being situated in those two counties 70 miles in ill length with a width in ill some de m consists mainly of if big trees with a multitude I 1 of f moar fro from in j 6 to feel feet in cir c IN vhf ferance r 6 n c e near in france stands ai mi i oak trea tred treasuring mea surin 91 feet in in circumference atholwood at holwood near t projecting on one kide into the shape of a settee scat seat root win litand pitt and vm wn wilberforce eld lO getner a conversation as a result of which th 0 1 89 brough brought t th jues tiou orthe abolition 0 orinc the blayd trade housa house of Common sand is still known aak ak S j pliny A tella a plane pune tree free growing in his 1 is irhie ane chich was wag in ja itself a forest the governor of lucia gave an all enter to hiat friends ia in therol low trunk which is is 80 feet iq wr cir cumfer euce john dod discovered in calab eras county count cal CA 1 a grove ro ve of 10 trees covering it f 60 50 acre meas 70 to 96 feet in in circumference throughout all 11 england egland there are oak trees of rem eize the colthorp Cow thorp oak on tho the aafka ban af pf attha ground r 0 u i lid in in ence I 1 the famous tree called calle 11 d i the 1 great charter oak oaky near hartfod Hart fordi rd GL ct which fell aug 1856 witia 83 feet in circumference at the ground and it fe fell 11 BO so as a to leave teave eight feet of n the other abdou adou A double oak AVI is S standing anding fit in a garden gardell in it south bea vcra dieb fatta SN trunk tina this divides with a single S in 1 into two olie one foot Y dt W from in i the grou ground nd cont contimica I 1 finues thul for 10 beeb and then becomes united again each of the twin trunks at tit the point of division 1 measures meas urea three feet feet iu in circumference I 1 at A anys in m cornwall is a cal cm which was planned P originally ou iho ilic left side of the astrea boreani i but having from some unknown cause been laid postdate po strate A the trunk fell on opposite side of the Ot streams reams whereat berer it took root and rising again has acquired such dimensions that I 1 it co covers v ers an area of one sixth of an acre r ohp main stem which now forms a natural bridge across across lie the stream is ten feet in circumference and id thic thred trunks which rise from am th tho right dright lank bank of the stream measure e severally eve rally eight and a half balf sir fed and five feet and eight inches in circumference an engraving of it may be seen m in johns forest trees of kf great britain page there is an elm tree in in the south of england which measures sixty sixt one feet in circumference once on the hubbard farm in korth Alu lover mass stand a I 1 magnificent elm tree me measuring twenty a feet in circumference c A barberry bak berry bush bu li lias has taken root in a laatch twenty feet from the ground which can ho be remembered by some of tep 9 oldest residents during ng theira ha w A at bingham hingham Hing ham basaj near the former site odthe of the old col ony ts tree trec bebur ing twenty biye feel feet in circumference eime elm ill m jlE turi 0 which I 1 has lid P completed q two wo con of existence measures fourte in circumference nevet avei was tree cherished with carf but are mm ceredi aa A if few aw years abr kori leq les and pans c trealy leliand the famous charter aak U i will i ilalie ba numbered wilh the thin things that 0 ve f C quo oab of Us stout ahad limba aag ht t 14 bee jeen recently cawed on lo 10 prevent pie io lit danger to 16 tro veera and allt it ft win jv alf probably close its existence e with the there ja is ft a fir pir tree growing near ali the baths of All ahiah iAz 4 switzerland surrounded by a api pst which i je overtops over tops more than abd tbd thirty feel the trunk a thirty f je ajen 1 en ceat ho aasc at t a about a yard from the ground it puts pu ts out on tho the side seven wed boty chich hae liar e brown grown into lifto trunks as strong aa ai those of orthe the 0 other trees of the forest bent find und garbed at tit the bottom their trunks oon soon straightened themselves up lj and rise ric perpendicularly a nf tv L mu lie indu stem this th feature is perhaps p not wholly unparalleled but another most curious fact is aliat the tha I 1 largest argest two tito of the side eide trunks are connected with the principal by sub quad tangular ran rau gular braces the ipach between the rough flooring 1 ig formed by the growing together of t the lie offa off hoots at tit their point oade de ib aind the girder limbs is i larg lar enough to admit a comfortable wi within hill it at prilly near laganne Lau anne is a litno linio tree tr civo feet from froni the ground 23 feet in circumference ence the tho lle formation was posted oa on its trunk i iu 1631 Lair lambert in lberts pine piu on ha I 1 coast of ciliento Ai america lienTo at ta bains I 1 us the age ag e of 1400 aj years yea ro A nd trees of 1100 scars ears are mon iu hire there is ft a famous pinetree pine pi in tree atiee measuring 48 feet I 1 at furstenfeld gjud a C church bui cayard cb yard ard thera stands a linden tree e 45 feet in in cir cir curo ference it is supposed to be 1999 1000 gars yeam pad jold i A remarkable 0 olice ive arte ree stands pear magliano italy 4 measuring 30 feet in circum fc e n c c in lombardy there is a cypress tree assaul said to lia hare e been ill planted a anted Y carof car of our S alviora births birth there is is avell even an tr ancient record that it was wits growing in the gautam it il ois tho the adl tr ti which bof of irue his sard in dempt despair of ie ii lame af avra ahn the emperor r a plair ning his road over ov ertho taft simplon Sim plon he in made ado in order orde e tb save it in js a cypress 11 feet e ap n circumference at santa maria marin de tule I 1 asia minor is I 1 a cypress tree which nt the ground meas ures 00 feet in circumference circum ferente teem ia li acup n cy press Ss tree on the yeuse river north li nain the of 17 aich a IL horse could bo be turn ed id around aro und near the ruins of i are age is cai ei to be from froin 4 ta to y ars yrs W 1 y j 4 I 1 faie i if ts t s j I 1 I 1 |