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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8333, 3 June 1905, Page 5

Some interesting experiments have been made to ascertain which woods last the longest. It was found that birch and aspen decayed in three years, willow and chestnut in four years, maple and red beech in five years, and elm and ash in seven years. Oak, Scottish fir and Weymputh pine decayed to the depth of half an inch in Beven years; larch and juniper were uninjured at the end of seven years. In situations so free fro# moisture that they may be practically called dry, { the durability of timber is unlimited. Probably the most costly tree m ttte world is the piano tree which irows^in Wood Street, in the City of London. It occupies space which would brnigjn a rental of £250 per annum,; and tms capitalised at thirty years' purchase *dyes a valu« cf £7500-