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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A Fossilized Pine. 

 The pine which grew a milHon years ago, now turned to stone, and near it two Hving pines. Note 

 the thick bark along the trunk of this fossil tree. The tree is three feet in diameter and thirty- 

 feet high. 



distance it is safe to assume that the 

 tree could hardly have been less than 

 100 feet high and very probably may 

 have been higher. This trunk is won- 

 derfully preserved. It has broken up 

 by splitting along the grain of the wood 

 into great numbers of little pieces, 

 which closely resemble pieces of "kind- 



ling wood" split from a clear-grained 

 block. In fact, at a distance of a few 

 yards it would be impossible to distin- 

 guish this fossil "kindling wood" from 

 that split from a living tree. 



The large redwood trunk already 

 mentioned as being nearly 10 feet in 

 diameter may be compared with its 



