LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



"Falling out of bed" Frontispiece 



"Dewey Cannon" mounted on the mesa 9 



General view among exposed fossil trees 13 



Exposed tree over 100 feet in length. 



"The Oldest Tree" 17 



"The bridge tree" . 21 



Fossilized cypress showing annual rings or 



growth 25 



Cypress growing in 1913 showing growth as it 



compares with the ancient tree life 28 



Fossilized cypress which shows clearly the frac- 

 ture when the tree fell before its replacement 



with silica 31 



The Sequoia Gigantea in Virgin forest, Kings 



River, California 34 



The largest yellow pine growing in the Yosemite 



Valley 36 



Yellow pine and cedars, Yosemite Valley 39 



The. noted sugar pine of the Merced River, 



Yosemite Valley 42 



"Old Grizzly," undoubtedly one of the oldest 



trees in the world 45 



The "General Sherman," the largest tree in the 



world, according to many statements 48 



"The Oldest Living Tree." (Note carefully 



men clinging to bark near base of tree.) 51 



The grand old tree, "The Giant," Santa Cruz 



grove 51 



Showing annual rings or growth of the Sequoia 



Gigantea 



Showing annual growth of a Douglas fir.. 57 



The "General Sherman," Santa Cruz grove, 



(badly burned) 61 



Base of the oldest and largest of trees 63 



