AGED TREES.
Some of the oldest tree* in the world are the sequoias, which grow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. It has been computed that the majority of these treee are over 700 years old. This is a fairly young age for these treee. The greater number of them range from 1200 to 2000 years in age. The oldest tree of all was found to be no leas than 3200 years of age! It is quite a simple matter to find out the age of a tree. If a tree trunk ia cut crosswaye and the section which is exposed examined, there will be found on this section a nnmber of concentric rings starting from the centre and proceeding outwards towards the bark. Every ring denotes a year in the life of the tree. On-aMonally a rinjj is missed owing to the absence of autumn growth in the tree, but this ie exceptional, so that we can say. as a rr.le. that every ring count* as one year in the tree's life.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 15
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174AGED TREES. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 15
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