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modern nations of Europe. The patriarchs of 

 the race were living in the days that saw the 

 building of the Egyptian pyramids and many 

 of these now in the prime of life and vigor were 

 growing when Moses walked the earth. 



A tree with such racial traditions and with 

 such individual representatives is surely entitled 

 to be considered the most interesting tree in the 

 world. 



Whoever has camped in a primeval forest of 

 Sequoias will attest that merely to enter into the 

 presence of these colossal antediluvians is to 

 experience an almost overwhelming sense of 

 their grandeur. And it is the common experience 

 that this feeling of awe grows day by day and 

 becomes overpowering if you linger like a lost 

 pygmy in the shadows of the giants. 



From our present standpoint the interest in 

 the Sequoias hinges on the possibility of growing 

 seedlings or transplanting saplings for orna- 

 mental purposes in the parks and fields. It is 

 rather strange that the attempt to do this has 

 not been carried out more extensively. Curiously 

 enough, the redwoods are grown more in Eng- 

 land than they are anywhere in America outside 

 the regions where they are indigenous. But 

 doubtless the climatic conditions account for this. 

 The trees thrive fairly well in the relatively mild 



