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The Ages of Trees

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 21, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 8.

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The Ages of Trees

The following ages have, on the authority of a skilled arboriculturist, been attained by trees: Yew, 3,200 years; schubertia, 3,000; cedar, 2,000; oak, 1,500; spruce, 1,200; lime, 1,100; Oriental plane, 1,000; walnut, 900; olive and cypress, 800; orange, 630; maple, 500; elm, 300.
"A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain, which leaveth no food." Prov. 28: 3.