A MONSTER TREE.
There is at present on exhibition at New York a section of an immense' tree which has been brought from California. The " New York Herald " says :—" This wonderful specimen of Nature's handiwork was discovered in 1874. It was growing in a grove near Tule river, Tulare county, California, about seventy-five mileß from Visalia. Its top had been broken off, probably at somo remote period, and when discovered it was still 240 ft high. The body of the tree whore it wob broken was 12ft in diaj. eter, and had two limbs measuring respectively Oft and 10ft in diameter. The trunk measured below 111 ft. This ancient monarch of the forest is called ' Old Moses,' after a mountain near which it stood. It is supposed to be 4540 years old, and it is tho largest tree that has over been discovered. The section on exhibition is 75ft in circumference, and 25 ft across. It is capable of holding 150 people in its interior. The interior, as it is now fitted up, is arranged like a drawingroom. A carpet has been laid down; there are a piano, sofa, tables, and chairs, with. scenes from California hung round, and people move about quite freely."
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1887, 11 March 1880, Page 2
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204A MONSTER TREE. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1887, 11 March 1880, Page 2
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