Timber Interests of the Pacific Coast. 61 



some attention. The paper I shall read is a part of the report I 

 have made for the Commissioner of Forestry by whom I was em- 

 ployed to go to Oregon, California, and Washington Territory, in 

 the interest of forestry. 



TIMBER INTERESTS OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 



I:Y R. \V. FURNAS, OF NEF.RASKA. 



Urged by the indefatigable President of this Suciety, to prepare and read 

 a paper at this meeting, I made every possible effort to be excused, pleading, 

 especially, want of time, and consented only on condition that I be per- 

 mitted to treat on my present favorite theme, " Forestry," to which, for years 

 past, I have given almost exclusive thought and attention. I am announced 

 for " Forests and Timber Interests of Puget's Sound," but have concluded to 

 strike out the words " Puget's Sound," and insert in place thereof, " Pacific 

 Coast,'" which will be more expressive of what I desire to say. 



I had thought, too, that a paper exclusively on the subject of Forestry 

 might, by some, be considered out of place before a Horticultural Society. 

 And yet, I inquire, why should it be ? I am further comforted by noting 

 that I am to be in immediate company with such able and profound co- 

 workers. Professors Beal, Lazenby, Robson, Dr. Mohr, Teas and others. 



During the summer of 1883, I was commissioned by Dr. Loring, United 

 States Commissioner of Agriculture, to officially investigate and report on 

 the forestry interest of the Pacific Coast. This paper is in part extracts 

 from a report I am making. 



VARIETIES OP TIMBER. 



The following varieties of timber embrace those of arboreous character, ■ 

 and commercial value and importance, found in California, Oregon and 

 Washington. Most measurements were made in person. 



Pines. 



Sugar Pine — Pinus lambertana. 



Common Pine — Pinus ponderosa. 



Silver Pine — Pinus monticolo. 



Black, or Jack, Pine — Pinus contorta. 



Also two smaller varieties — tube rcukda and albicaulis. 



The Sugar pine grows to a height of two hundred and fifty feet, with a 

 diameter from eight to ten feet. Common pine, one hundred and seventy 

 or eighty feet high, and four to five feet in diameter. Silver pine, one hun- 

 dred and fifty to .sixty feet high, and three to four feet diameter. Black— 

 albieauUs and tuberculata, from fifty to seventy feet high, and one to three feet 

 in diameter. 



