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found up to 14,000 feet. Dr. Capus makes its lower limits from 

 4000 to 3800 feet. In the Alexandrof range, the farther to the 

 west, the larger is the tree. At one spot the trunks are about 14 

 feet high, at another place 21 feet stems are from 14 to 18 inches 



thick. The high-stemmed junipers seen by Severtsoff had gene- 

 rally a bare trunk for half their height, the sparse branches 

 measuring about one-fourth of the altitude of the tree, the top of 

 which was generally broken. Above a certain height this tree 



