Quod Nunc Describere Longum Est
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Botany, Discovery, Zoology, Monstrosities, Charlatanry |
Questions the authenticity of a report of a giant tree discovered in California and, not wishing to thwart the imaginative powers of 'the gentlemen of the press', urges them to 'invent' a tree 'which shall throw into shade' such 'arborescent myths' as 'Nine Elms'. | |
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