The highest tree in the world, so far as has been ascertained, is an Australian gum tree of the species eucalyptus regnans, which stands in the Cape Otway range. It is no less than 425 feet high. Gum trees grow very fast. There is one in Florida which shot up *4of feet’ ill four years, and another in Guatemala which grew 120 feet in twelve years. This corresponds to a rise of 10 feet in a year, or nearly 1 foot per month.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIX, Issue 21, 23 November 1907, Page 27
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83Untitled New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIX, Issue 21, 23 November 1907, Page 27
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