so elo>el\ tliat When Mil O|M*nit) i> made ill Ihe foi in- 



.-in-rounded l.y a wall of limher. 'l'i - leh 



from ihc California!! to the Briti.-h lint- on t he -umnnt- and 

 caMcrn think of tin- Ca.-cadr.-. 0?er all tin- Coa-t Mountain-. 

 in the lowlands alon^ the Willamette and the Co\\ lit/., and admit 

 I'uirctV Sound, with the exception of prairie.- thai form part of 

 tin- surface of the WUhlQlftte Vallej, and occnp\ linn:- 

 ahoiit the Sound. 



In M.uthwestern Oregon and m.rt hern ( 'aliforma an- tin- famon- 

 n-dwood u T oves, the only place in the world where this niHgniti- 

 eent ti'ee (^c// t'oiit Stmperviren*) yrows in siu-h numhiTS BA to 

 form forests. It extends in clumps and scattered tree.- far down 

 the coast in California, and it does not reach the C'olnmhia -n 

 the north, so that its range is <jiiite restricted. About Fort Or- 

 ford and Humholdt Bay it is the principal timher tree, and in 

 si/.e it almost equals its iriuantic relative, the mammoth t r- 

 Calaveras C'ounty (Sn/mn'a yii/tin/rti).* 



At Port Orford one may see hundreds of redwood trees of 

 which the trunks attain a diameter of 10 to 15 feet; but as the 

 lumher and timher they fnrni.-h is of excellent quality. thr\ 

 heinr destroyed at a rate that wil! ioOfl exhaust the >upply. 



Along the Columhia and ahoiit Tu^et's Sound the principal 

 trees are the Douglas and Meii/.ie.- .-pruces. the hal.-am tir, the 

 western arhor vita- and the hemlock. In some localities, espe- 

 cially further north, t wo c\ prose- ;nv ahundant. the Nootkacy- 

 piess (C/unntfri/^in /> .\'////-// //> >'* ) and t lie jrin^er pine (6 f . Law- 

 *n/iii'/Hi). The latter is soincl inies called t lie .irin^er pine from 

 the fragrance of it.- wood. It is culti\ated for its heauts 

 i for the excellence of its lumber. Much lr.-s nti' 

 mis. hut widel\ scattere(l. i> the uolmi \.-u i T<*XU4 ' :> ''-liti). 

 often a handsome tree 50 to GO feet in height. Along the i 



Gre:il M-i.-n title inlrrr-l all:ich-S ! lh--r tun 



th.-y an- ihr only n-pn-^-ntativi-- of tin- .cmifl now livinir -n the earth'- 



I rrlic ot tin- -rrainl f..n--t- \\liirh in Tntimy lime* covered all 

 ihr nnrihrrn part of i his continent, and in whirl. Hn-x f awocUted with 

 oth<T sprrir* ..f >.</-/,,;,/. anil wiih H inuliitudr of oth.-r evergreen and d< 

 uout tree*, mott of which hmre dlMppe*re4. lli;t :l u r, main. UM- 



Irciilnou- cypress, magnolias. -ic , \\hi.li formtbegl" |re- 



lit f,.: 



