CATALOGUE OF FOREST TREES. J85 



Taxodium SempervirenS, Lambert, Pinus, 114; 2 ed. ii, 107, t. 52. London, Arboretum, iv, 2487, f. 2340,2341. Hooker, Fl. 

 Bor.-Am. ii, 164 ; Icon, iv, t. 379. Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey, 1841. Fremont, Geographical Mem. California, 36, 

 37. Henkel &. Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 262. 



Taxodli Species, Douglas in Companion Bot. Mag. ii, 150. 



Sequoia ffigantea, Endlicher, Syn.Conif. 190, in part. Bentham, PI. Hartweg. 338. 



Abies religiosa, Hooker & Arnott. Bot. Beechey, ICO. 



Schvbertia sempervirens, Spach, Hist. Veg.xi, 353. 



S. religiosa, Presl, Epimel. Bot. 357. Walperg, Ann. iii, 448. 



Oigantabicfi tn.nfoUn, NHsnn. Pinaocii'.'a 



REDWOOD. 



California, from the northern boundary of the state, south tlirough the Coast ranges to "Veers creek" near the 

 southern border of Monterey county. 



A large tree of great economic value, 01 to 92 meters in height, with a trunk 2.40 to 7 meters in diameter, sending 

 up from the stump when cut many vigorous shoots; sides of canons and gulches in low, wet situations, borders of 

 streams, etc., not appearing on dry hillsides ; generally confined to the western slopes of the Coast ranges, 

 and nowhere extending far from the coast ; most generally multiplied and reaching its greatest average density 

 north of cape Meudociuo. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, very brittle, rather coarse-grained, compact, susceptible of a good polish, easily 

 split and worked, very durable in contact with the soil ; bands of small summer cells thin, dark colored, 

 conspicuous; medullary rays numerous, very obscure; color, clear light red, the thin sap-wood nearly white; 

 specific gravity, 0.4208; ash, 0.14; largely sawed into lumber; the prevailing and most valuable building material 

 of the Pacific coast, and in California almost exclusively used for shingles,* fence posts, telegraph poles, railway 

 ties, wine-butts, tanning- and water-tanks, coffins, etc. ; forms with curled or contorted grain are highly ornamental. 



343. Taxus brevifolia, Nuttall, 



Sylva, iii,86, 1. 108 ; 2 ed. ii, 149, 1. 108 (T. occidentals* on plate). Torrey in Pacific R. R.Rep. iv,140. Newberry in Pacific R. R. Rep. 

 vi, 60, 90, f. 26. Cooper in Smithsonian R.-|i. 1858, 203; Pacific R. R. Rep. xii 2 , 26, 69; Am. Nat. iii, 414. Wood, Bot. & Fl. 

 316. Bolander in Proc. California Acad. iii, 229. Carriere, Trait. Conif. 2 ed. 742. Hoopes, Evergreens, 383. Parlatore in De 

 Candolle, Prodr. xvi 4 , 501. Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. vii, 402. Koch, Dendrologie, ii 2 , 95. Gordon, Pinetnm, 2 ed. 392. Vasey, 

 Cat. Forest Trees, 35. Macoun in Geological Eep. Canada, 1875-76, 211. Hall in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, ii, 91. Watson. Bot. 

 California, ii, 110. G. M. Dawson in Canadian Nat. new ser. ix, 329. Veitch, Manual Couif. 305. 



T. baccata, var. Canadensis, Bentham, Pi. Hartweg. 338. 



T. baccata, Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 167, in part. 



T. Boursierii, Carrifero in Rev. Hort. 1854, 228 & t. ; Trait. Conif. 523 ; 2 od. 739. 



T. Lindleyana, Murray in Edinburgh New Phil. Jour, new ser. i, 294; Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh, vi, I860. Lawson, Cat. 

 1855, 15. Gordon, Pinetum, 316 ; Suppl. 99. Heukel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 360. Nelson, Pinacese, 174. 



T. Canadensia, Higelow in Pacific R. R. Rep. iv, 25 [not Willdenow]. 



YEW 



Queen Charlotte island" and the valley of the Skeena river, south through the Coast ranges of British Columbia, 

 through western and the mountain ranges of eastern Washington territory and Oregon to the western slopes of 

 the Eocky mountains of northern Montana (Canby & Sargent), through the California Coast ranges to the bay of 

 Monterey and along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevadas to about latitude 37 N. 



A tree 18 to 24 meters in height, with a trunk O.GO to 0.90 meter in diameter, or toward its eastern limits in 

 Idaho and Montana much smaller, often reduced to a low shrub; rare; low, rich woods and borders of streams, 

 reaching its greatest development in western Oregon, Washington territory, and British Columbia. 



Wood heavy, liard, strong, brittle, very close-grained, compact, susceptible of a beautiful polish, very durable 

 in contact with the soil; bands of small summer cells thin, dark colored, conspicuous; medullary rays thin, 

 numerous, very obscure; color, light bright red, the thin sap-wood light yellow; specific gravity, 0.6391 ; ash, 

 0.22 ; used for fence posts and by the Indians of the northwest coast for paddles, spear handles, bows, fish-hooks, 

 etc. 



