Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-15
soAlE FANIoUs BIC TREEs.
Australian Giants That Overtop Those
of California.

From the NsqC York Sun.
"Here are the extremes OF plant life,"
said a botanist, holding a microscopic
slide in one hand and picture of a great
tree In the other. "This is a diatOm, one
Of the smallest vegetable organisms, in
visible to the naked eye, while this
aourishing the picture, sis the largest tree
as 10 height in the world"
some Of the sequoias"
| ''N0," was the reply. 'Uncle Sam has
;done pretty well with trees, but when it
scomes to height the British Lion takes the
belt as the loftiest trees are found in the
Australian dominion. This picture is a
photograph OF one found by traveller in
the Black range Of Berwick, and 1t Is es-
timated at 500 feet from the ground 10 the
topmost branch. Think of it a moment"
continued the speaker. give hundred
feet means a good deal. 1t would dwarf
the BarthOldi statue Trinity would look
like telegraph pole compared TO it; the
Brooklyn bridge would be nowhere;
Strasburg Cathedral, the highest building
on the globe, would be "a feet below the
birds' nest on the top branches, and, If the
giant was placed by the side Of the pyra-
mid Of CheOps, the leaves Of the eucalyp-
tus would still be 20 feet above IL. That's
the kind Of trees they have In Australia,
and they are undoubtedly the largest on
tue globe, though il is claimed that the
California specimens are more impressive
from their greater bulk. The gum trees.
as the Australian giants are called, are a.
comparatively modern discovery, and for
q long time 10 was impossible to approach
them, but now roads are broken, and trav-
eleTs can ride directly % the foot OF sew
eral. One Of the first known, a Kanni
eucalyptus Eucalyptus cOlOssen) OF boz
tanists, was discovered in n glen Of the
Warren river, western Australia. When
found by party Of rlders,.it WIS pros
trate upon the ground. and four riders
abreast entered the trunk, that was esti-
mated at 400 feet IN length. Another
species, 4 Amzgdallna. measured by
Boyle in the gloomy forest Of Daudenong.
was found 10 be APO feet long, while an
gOther, now grOwingon the Black Spur, ten
fmiles from HealesYille, Is $50 feet high.
These measurements, you see, are TAR
ahead Of the California trees, one Of the
largest that ! think IL known az THE
Father Of the Forest measuring 435 feet,
and being 40 Ia circumference az the
base. The one called the Mother OF the
Forest measures $50 IN height, with a
circumference az the base OF 30 feet. When
they fellpd the famous Traveller in 1863,
and, hy The way, every man that had "A
band ln 10 ought ~ have been sent ~ Dry
Tortugus, it took five or six men nearly "a
month 20 bring It 90 the ground, and they
had all kinds OF tools % work with,
pump augurr, wedges, and everything
you could think a..
"F0r d good many years the trees were
subjected ~ all KINDS Of iudignitles, aud
have q list 81 30 nau,cB Of sO-called civil
l1od human beings that ! copied from The
bark where they had been carved. Nearly
everybody feels called upon 70 do this
but the rest, who have no Knife or are TOO
lazy, have cnntentcd themselves with
building fires around the roots. Why's
continued the excited bOtamlst, "upOn
ny word J would ns soon think Of carving
my name ou my greatgrandiather's back,
q ~ burning my grandmother 40 the
Atnsu' " harinlng these trees.
Most All The California trees grow In a
limited area embracing about $40 miles.
ana ~ al about 30 big trees have bocn