A WONDERFUL TREE.
: r— •— — — — Probably the moat wonderful tree m the world is ttie Baobab or Maibey bi!ead; tree. It grows only to the height; of - ; forty feei but is thirty feet m diaraejter. *
The»#[e of this tree is quite incalculable Korafcolrlt concideru it ' the oldest living organic monument of our planet* A. good szed room can be cut m the trunk ior the Baobab, with comfortable accom* ; medation for thirty men, and the tree atUl live andflounsh. The fruit which ]« nourishing, is ab nit a foot long. The tree grows yery slowly, a specimen at Kew, m Engla.id, which is more than 80 years old, bavin* oniy attained a height of one and a half feet. The oldest known Baobabs are estimated to be over 5000 years old.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 61, 11 February 1884, Page 2
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129A WONDERFUL TREE. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 61, 11 February 1884, Page 2
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