Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-13
BIG TREES.

snon;c @ W SI;dc in one hand and a nicture
Of i crcat trne in tho other, .Tbis il
a dioTan, ana ~ ,bn smaIlos, veretablc
nrranis,,,s ;nvisihl, tn Tho nated evc
wbiio III, y rnmr;sbipg the n;c,nre
sis tho largest troe as to height ii the
woriJ ~
..ono sc tho so,,o;,so.
..Nn " wos ,h,, raniy ..Ir,ole Sam
hos Joro nrottv VIII with trons hnt
n,bon !, oornos - ho;nb, ,ha pr;,;sb lion
,,Los tho haI, ne tha iot,;os, ,roo. arc
s"nnJ ~ no hns,ra,;on dnn;,;on THIS
] nictnra j. a nho,ogranh of one found
| H., ~ u,aol ra,r. ~
H.; ;cL and !, ;s as,;natad a, tiws bun.
draJ feni frnm Tho Ground IN the ton
,mos, hrarab Thinl ~ !, nnn,.ni"
nD nnn,i,,,oI ,ha snaatnr ..lTrn bnnbro5
! to,''n"eu ,an, , VI, 'pu"N pnH ,,o, r, ' ,ranIt
Iwart ,v o ~ "a asS,b"id; statue. Tr;nitv
ND ,onI ,ila a tnlaaronh no,e com.
| ,,o,,I ~ -. ~ RI r. ro would
b;,'ho,, ,,'r a,into v,,uiJ
ha ,it,n-t,nr fa,1 hoIow tbes lid, nest
On ton hranohns and IL tho g;.nt was
| nIannJ h,. ,ha sido ns ,ho nTr,m;d of
| i,hoons tba ,oav.o nf IN. rsuc,Iyntns
ynnIt Ot;lI bn t,yontv loo, ohoyc il
Tbai's tho Lind of trces tbev bove in
Australia and thav arc undoubtedly
,h, i,nm",t "n ,ha oha ,hnmnh i :
cIa;ma5 tho, cha tEalifor,;a snsrimans
ara ,nrro i,nnraSs;na frnn ,ho;r orna,ar
hni,, Tha i,,,,,, .raoS 90 Tho inS,ral.
;am ,,;on,S are n,IleJ are n comnara.
| ,iyeiv modern discover;ng and Tor a
| ianr ,;,no IL ,uos ;nnoss;iIe to annrooch
| ,baT, hm, now roadS ara brolrn and
,raraio,s oar r;Jo d;roc,,y 70 tL. loot nf
several One Of the i}rst known, a
Kanni opcaIvn,us (Euealvnfus coiosseaI
~ hntonis,s WAS Siscovcged, in a Glen
- thn Warren river western Australia
Whan fnund hv a Marty of riders il
w,s nrostrote unon thS ~ronnd. and
four riders abreast entered the trunk.
| that was estimated as 400 feet in
| lenctb Another species. +, Amzpda-
| Iina measured hv Rovle in the Cloomv
| forest of Daudenono was found IN he
| l3O feet long while another now grow
| inc on the Rack snur- ten miles from
| Uealesville. is 4stt feet bioh. These
| measurements. you see, are far ahead
| of the California trees. one of the larp-
est, that think is known as the
| Father of tbe Forest only MEASURING
4S5 feet and being ito feei in circum.
terence a, the base The one called
THO Mother of the Forest measures
400 in heiohA with a circumference at
tho h,se ~ on faet When thew felled
the famous rTrayeler' in 1859. apo. by
the wav, every man that had a hand in
if ought to have been sent to Dry Tor.
tupas il took five or six men nearly a
month to bring IL to the ground, and
thew had ali kinds of tools to work with,
pump-aururs, wedges and everything
Won roulS think of.
For a GOOD many wears the trees
were subjected To all kinds of indipni.
tics and I have a list of over thirty
names of so-called civilized human be-
ings that copied from the bark where
they had been carved. Nearly every
body feels called upon to do this; but
the rest, who have no knife or are too
lazy. have contented themselves with
building fires around the roots. Why" "
continued the excited botapist, upon
my word would as soon think of cary
ing my name on my ygreat-grandfather $
back, or of burning my grandmother
at the stake. as harming these trees.
Most all the California trees grow
in limited area, embracing about 240
miles. and in all about two hundred
big trees have been discovered, though
in other parts Of the Sierra Nevadas
there may be many more that will be
discovered when the country is opened
up.n
Can the age of these large trees be
determined" asked the writer.
7 A.