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THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA 



sive transitional forms presented between the cau 

 tious neatness of youth and bold freedom of ma 

 turity offer a delightful study. At the age of fifty 

 or sixty years, the shy, fashionable form begins to 



YOUNG SUGAR PINE BEGINNING TO BEAR CONES. 



be broken up. Specialized branches push out in 

 the most unthought-of places, and bend with the 

 great cones, at once marking individual character, 

 and this being constantly augmented from year to 

 year by the varying action of the sunlight, winds, 



