Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1896 — The Longevity of Trees. [ARTICLE]

The Longevity of Trees.

America docs not seem ns favoratnc to the longevity of trees as are many parts of the Old World. It is said that pines in the north of Europe are known to luiVc endured for nearly 500 years. In Bavaria there is a larch which is known to lie 225. Many oaks in tiermany are known to Is- over .‘SOO years old, and many over 200 years. Of other trees Individuals are known that have reached the ages set opposite to them: Ash, 170 years; birch, Bit) to 200 years; aspen, 220 years; mountain maple, 225 years; elm, 130 years, and red alder, 145 years. In our country there are few that are more than mere remnants. Most of Bertram's trees are gone wholly or are fading. The famous cypress has yet a few green branches. The line silver firmi the Johnson estate in Germantown, which figured in the early issues of the Horticulturist and often elsewhere, is entirely dead now. though less than 100 years old.—Meehan's Monthly The simple remedy for a croaking door is to apply a little sweet oil with a tether to the lilnges.