12 

 pending a new supply of foliage. 



Products from the Bigtree As the only close- 

 ly allied botanical species, the Sequoia oils give 

 an indication of possible products to expect from 

 the redwood. Lunge and Steinkauler report the 

 following, "besides the hydrocarbon already re- 

 ferred to: 



(2) A colorless oil turning yellow on long 

 keeping, odor reminding of peppermint. Boiling 

 point 227--230 , d 1.045, n about 60 



(3) In very small amount a heavy yellow oil, 

 boiling point 280--290 . 



(4) A solid body "Sequojen" with melting 

 point 105, boiling point 290-300. White leaf- 

 lets with weak bluish fluorescence. 



This study was begun at the suggestion of 

 llr. Carl A. Kupfer, Forest Assistant, United 

 otates Forest Service, San Francisco, to whom 

 a indebted for kind assist ance at several 

 stages of the work. Acknowledgments are also 

 due to President -Johnson -nd other officers of 

 the Union Lumber Co., S?n Francisco, for assis- 



