GIANT CYPRESS
LEON
BETWEEN LONGWOOD AND LAKE MARY IN
SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
Centuries ago, probably a few befcre the discovery of America by
Columbus, and before Ponce de Leon set foot on "The Land of Flower.",
there was a little cypress tree growing in Central Floida. And it grew
and grew, with the result shown above. The “Eig Tree" believed to be
the oldest and largest in the Unitei States of its kind is located between
Lake Mary ani Longwood, just cff the Old Orlando Higway. It is 125
feet high, and 47 feet around at the base with a diameter of 17½e feet.
It is Florida's principa! rival of the Giant California redwoods. How the
majestie cypress was spared in all the years of Spanish, British and
American colonizaticn and settlement seems a mystery. It stands never-
the ess, as a monument to the security and stability of Central Florida
through the years. At the left
at the forest wonder. The photograph is the work of Leon Page, of
Winter Park, Florida, and is copyrighted by Mr. Faze.
may be seen a mere man looking up
