THE museum's big TREE SECTION 



This section, cut in 1801 and presented to the Museum by the late Collis P. 

 Huntington, has recently been moved from the Darwin hall to the forestry hall. 

 Standing too high fdiametcr, 16J ft.) to pass throuKh tlie doorway lietwi-en the 

 halls, it had to be lowered by the removal from the top of two pieces and a part of 

 a third of the oriRinal twelve in which it was shipped from (California. This lelt a 

 weight of about seven tons which was supported on rollers to the new position 

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