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phijUa) from 2 to 6 ft. in diameter and from 100 to 200 

 ft. high, or the Washington Cedar (Thuya plicata), a 

 magnificent and graceful tree from 100 to 200 ft. high 

 and from 2 to 12 ft. in diameter at the base, and a 



Cedar River near Seattle, outlet of Cedar Lake. Spruce, Hemlock, 

 Fir and Alder 



large fir (Ahies grandis) and an occasional spruce 

 (Picea). The forests reach to the very edge of Puget 

 Sound and skirt the shore lines of the streams and lakes. 

 Seattle and Tacoma, the two thriving cities upon 

 Puget Sound, are blessed with many natural advantages. 

 Puget Sound is one of the most beautiful bodies of salt 

 water in the world, and Seattle has the additional ad- 

 vantage of several fresh water lakes. Lakes Union and 

 Washington. It is really a pity that the trees in Seattle 

 and Tacoma have long since been removed and it has 

 become necessary to replant the cities with. trees. Both 

 in Tacoma and Seattle and in this part of Washington, 

 flowers bloom in every month of the year. In the far 

 distance from these cities in the Cascades are beautiful 

 mountain streams and waterfalls. The city of Seattle 

 has acquired the region about Cedar Lake from which 

 it gets its supply of water and some of its power to run 

 the ek'ftric light plant. The lake is surrounded by 

 steep and precipitous bluffs covered with a magnificent 

 growth of timber. Coming from this lake and passing 

 down through a deep gorge is the Cedar River, a beau- 

 tiful stream of sparkling water, lined with the forest 

 primeval. For eleven miles along this stream the Chi- 

 cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway has built its road 

 to gain entrance into Seattle. It is to the credit of 

 Seattle and Tacoma that they have set aside considerable 

 areas for park purposes and that they have preserved in 

 these parks some of the original forest trees. The gentle 



hills, valleys and gorges are ideal locations for parks, and 

 in the far distance from Seattle and Tacoma is Mount 

 Rainier National Park. On a clear day — but the sum- 

 mer days are usually hazy — the majestic, snow-capped, 

 glaciated peak of Mt. Rainier may be seen from these 

 cities. It is, without doubt, the most superb mountain 

 in the United States proper. Paradise Valley in the 

 Mt. Rainier National Park, may be reached by railroad 

 from these places and by stage. It is, indeed, a veri- 

 table paradise of plants. 



Northern Idaho, through which one passes by taking 

 the Northern Pacific eastward, is a great forest of pine 

 consisting of White Pine, Bull Pine and Larch mixed, 

 with many deciduous shrubs and a few trees like the 

 White Birch (Betula papyrifera var.) and Alder. Af- 

 ter reaching Sandpoint, near Lake Pend d' Oreille, you 

 pass for miles along the Clarke's Fork, certainly the 

 most beautiful stream in Montana. It commemorates 



Clark's Fork, Montana, in Indian Reservation 



Captain Clarke of the Lewis and Clarke E.xpedition. 

 The stream has cut its way through a gorge and on both 

 sides is lined with a young growth of the western Wliite 

 Pine and Bull Pine. 



Arnes, In. 



