article_snippet: A giant redwood tree that was felled 125 years ago to satisfy a drunken bet is to be brought back to life on the Cornish coast.
article_snippet: Cuttings from the felled tree have since been planted in Cornwall .
article_snippet: Cuttings of the felled tree have been planted at the Eden Project in Cornwall and are now growing in the Eden Project in Cornwall nursery .
article_snippet: But a group of scientists believe a group of scientists may be able to recreate a group of scientists former glory after planting cuttings of a group of scientists wood in the Eden Project in Cornwall.
article_snippet: More than a century after meeting More than a century end the felled tree will be rejuvenated by scientists in Cornwall as part of an adventurous project to clone American plants in Britain. '
article_snippet: We’re really excited about this, We’re going to plant a hundred trees to the north of the Eden site to form a living library. '
article_snippet: It feels really odd to hold these saplings and know that these saplings might well be around for another 3000 years from now. '
article_snippet: The climate in Cornwall is not dissimilar from Oregon and northern California where a hundred trees grow naturally so Eden offers absolutely perfect conditions for a hundred trees.
article_snippet: Planting cuttings rather than seeds is more likely to produce an exact clone of the felled tree, with the shavings containing exactly the same DNA.
article_snippet: Ten clone saplings have been planted at the Eden Project in Cornwall (file image above) with cuttings taken from the parent tree .
article_snippet: Above, some clone saplings planted by scientists at the Archange Ancient Tree Archive .
highlights_snippet: Scientists at the Eden Project collected cuttings from the Eden Project wood last year .
  
highlights_snippet: Scientists at the Eden Project have planted 10 clone saplings in nursery in St Austell, Cornwall .
  