...said to have lasted for nine hundred and fifty years; the dragon's blood tree of Teneriffe may be two thousand years old. When the wood of the interior...by the closeness of its texture, for the passage of pulp or sap, or for the formation of new vessel*, it dies, and by all its moisture passing off into...

...chestnut is said to have lasted for nine hundred and fifty years ; the dragon's blood-tree of Tenerifie may be two thousand years old ; and Adanson mentions...its moisture passing off into the younger wood, the fibers shrink, and are ultimately reduced to dust The center of the tree thus becomes dead, while the...

...and fifty years ; the dragon's blood tree of Tenerifie, may be two thousand years old, and Àdanson mentions banians six thousand years old. When the...moisture passing off into the younger wood, the fibres shrink,«and are ultimately reduced to dust. The centre of the tree thus becomes dead, while the outer...