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Firs. 



White Fir — Abies grandis. 



Noble Fir — Abies nobilis. 



Lovely Fir — Abies amabilis. 



Yellow Fir — Abies (P'seudotsuga) Douglassii. 



The concdor is frequently called White Fir. 



The suhalpina is found on the higher elevations, growing to a height of tifty 

 and sixty feet, and one to two feet in diameter. 



The White and Yellow firs are the most abundant and of most commer- 

 cial importance. The Yellow reaches to over three hundred feet in height, 

 and a diameter of twelve feet. White fir to near two hundred feet in height, 

 and five and six feet in diameter. Noble fir about same in dimensions as 

 White. Lovely fir less pretentious, contents itself with a slight advance be- 

 yond one hundred feet in height, and two to three feet in diameter. 



Tide Water Spruce — At)ies (Picea) SUchensls. 



Known also on the coast as Menziesii, grows to two hundred feet in height, 

 with a diameter of eight to ten feet. 



Hemlock — Abies (Tsuga), Mertensiana. 



Mountain Hemlock — Abies (Tsuga), Pattoniana. 



Engelman Spruce — Abies (Picea), Engelmanni. 

 The Mountain Hemlock grows to one hundred feet in height, with a diam- 

 eter of four to five feet. Mertensiana exceeds it in height fifty or more feet, 

 with about the same diameter. Engelmanni reaches fifty feet in height, and 

 a diameter of twelve to eighteen inches. 



Tamarack — Larix occidentalis. 

 Larch — Larix Lyallii. 

 The Tamarack reaches up from one luuidrctl and fifty to sixty feet, meas- 

 uring four to five feet in diameter. The Larch is small. 



Cedars. 



Thin Barked Cedar — Thuya gigantca. 



Thick Barked Cedar — Liboccdrus decurrens. 



Port Orford Cedar — Cupressus (chaniiocyparis) Lawsoniana. 



The thin barked cedar is the more common and abundant at the mills, 

 and grows to a height of near two hundred feet, with an average diameter of 

 five and six feet. From the ground up, four or five feet, it often shows a stumji 

 diameter of twelve and fifteen feet. Thick barked cedar ranges up to one 

 hundred feet in height, and four to five feet in diameter. Port Orford Cedar 

 is very valuable and of limited habitat. Thus far it isonly found in Coos coun- 

 ty, Oregon, I am informed. The wood is characterized for durability, and 

 also for an exceeding pleasant and perpetual odor, perfect proof against moth 

 and other obnoxious liou,-<e insects. As such it is used in manufacture of cham- 



