Note 3045 — BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
The olive is an extremely long-lived tree; it has been known to live as long as nine or ten centuries. A fragment of the bark, with a little wood attached, if put in the ground, will throw out roots and spring up. Hence it is not to be wondered at, that the ancients looked upon it as immortal.