Tlie first cedar tree was taken to England in the late seventeenth century, eo that, with the exception of the parent tree, a couple of hundred years is the probable limit of the oldest specimens. With the more venerable yew there is ground for believing- that it has attained as great an age as 2000 yeata in England.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 211, 7 September 1933, Page 10
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