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recorded trees of the Park is 319 feet high (Fry and Welch). Mr. 

 Woodbury gives 325 feet as the highest bigtree of authentic record. 

 Forest Service Bulletin 38 says there are redwoods, Sequoia sempervtrens, 

 350 feet high. The diameters of these trees above 300 feet are not 

 recorded. 



The Circular, "The Sequoia National Park," gotten out by the 

 Department of the Interior, gives 275 feet as the average height for 

 favorably situated trees having a diameter of 20 feet, and states that 

 trees 25 feet in diameter and approaching 300 feet high are not rare. 

 These trees are about one-fifth the still-air height. 



The sttmip diameter for bigtrees is an uncertain criterion. It is 

 generally very much swollen. The diameter about 12 feet from the 

 ground would be best suited for mathematical consideration. Above 

 this the diameter is well sustained. 

 The biggest bigtrees are: 



General Sherman Sequoia National Park 



General Grant General Grant National Park 



Grizzly Giant Yosemite National Park 



Boole Tree Converse Basin 



Abraham Lincoln Sequoia National Park 



California Sequoia National Park 



George Washington Sequoia National Park 



The following measurements are given in The Sequoia National 



Park: 



Height, Diameter, 



feet feet 



General Sherman 280 36 . 5 



General Grant 264 35. 



Abraham Lincoln 270 31 . 



California 260 30. 



George Washington 255 29 . 



Mr. Woodbury gives the following measurements : 



Circumfer- Circumfer- Circumfer- 

 ence at ence ence Height, 

 base 10' up 12' up feet 



General Sherman 103' 82' 4" 280 



General Grant 107.4' 69' 264 



Grizzly Giant 93' 7" 64' 6" 204 



Boole Tree 109' 8" 77' No record 



