...centuries. Thus the olive tree may live three hundred years, the oak double that number ; the chesnut is said to have lasted for nine hundred and fifty years, the dragon's blood tree of Teneriffe may be two thousand years old, and Adanson mentions banians six thousand...

...centuries ago. The oak will often be found of six hundred years' standing. A chestnut is said to have grown for nine hundred and fifty years ; the Dragon's-blood...of Teneriffe, may be two thousand years old ; and Adamson mentions Banians nearly six thousand years old, or coeval with the time of Adam. Moore, the...