Empress' Favorite Palm Tree has Outgrown Glass House
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › January 25, 2008
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VIENNA, Austria - It's outlived two world wars and the Austro- Hungarian Empire. Now Vienna's imperial "Sisi Palm" - a tree named for the late Empress Elisabeth - faces the ax.
Officials said Thursday the majestic 170-year-old Chinese fan palm must be chopped down before it breaks through the glass ceiling of Europe's largest greenhouse.See the full content of this document
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Empress' Favorite Palm Tree has Outgrown Glass House
The palm has more than doubled in height to 82 feet over the past 18 years alone, a...
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