Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1912 — Tallest Tree in the World. [ARTICLE]

Tallest Tree in the World.

The tallest tree in the world' is the Australian eucalyptus, reaching a total altitude of 480 feet. The biggest are the mammoth trees of California, some of which are 276 to 376 feet in height and 108 feet In circumference at the base. From measurements of the rings it is believed that some of these trees are from 2,000 to 2,600 years old. The ojdest tree in the world Is said to be on the island of Kos, off the coast of Asia Minor. It is several thousand years old, but just how many no one has dared to say. The tree is carefully preserved by a wall of masonry around It, and the trunk Is 80 feet In circumference.