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also found here in great beauty and perfec- 

 tion, the largest of these (Picea grandis, 

 Loud.; Abies grandiSj Lindl.) being confined 

 mostly to the coast region, where it attains a 

 height of three hundred feet, and a diameter 

 of ten or twelve feet. Five or six species of 

 pines are found in the State, the most impor- 

 tant of which, both as to lumber and as to the 

 part they play hi the general wealth and 

 ' beauty of the forests, are the yellow and sugar 

 pines (Pinus ponder osa and P. Lambertiana). 

 The yellow pine is most abundant on the east- 

 ern slopes of the Cascades, forming there the 

 main bulk of the forest in many places. It is 

 also common along the borders of the open 

 spaces hi Willamette Valley. In the southern 

 portion of the State the sugar pine, which is the 

 king of all the pines and the glory of the Sierra 

 forests, occurs in considerable abundance in 

 the basins of the Umpqua and Rogue Rivers, 

 and it was in the Umpqua Hills that this noble 

 tree was first discovered by the enthusiastic 

 botanical explorer David Douglas, in the year 

 1826. 



This is the Douglas for whom the noble 

 Douglas spruce is named, and many a fair 

 blooming plant also, which will serve to keep 

 his memory fresh and sweet as long as beauti- 

 ful trees and flowers are loved. The Indians 



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