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years. The seeds, unlike those of the redwood, possess great 

 vitality, and being small, slightly winged and formed high in the 

 air, they are widely scattered by the wind in the late fall and early 

 winter, and grow rapidly the following season if they happen to 



Fig. 6. Cone-bearing Twig of the JModern Redwood (About 



Size) 



Natural 



have fallen in cleared areas with full light, where they may reach 

 a height of six feet in as many years. It may be noted that the 

 big trees live in a cooler, drier habitat than does the redwood and 

 in a temperature ranging in its extremes from — 12° to 100° Fahren- 



