ONE LIVING ONE DEAD 



Humboldt County, was sound and free 

 from rot indications; this tree was two 

 thousand, two hundred years old. A tree 

 had grown directly in front of the stump 

 of the fallen one which, when cut down, 

 showed its age to be over eighteen hun- 

 dred years. From the rings of this "Fal- 

 len Monarch" you can read the story of 

 "Old Grizzly," and the average annual 

 growths to make an inch I estimate at 

 thirty-one. On this basis the age of "Old 

 Grizzly" would be 6324 years. 



"The General Sherman," of the Sequoia 

 Reservation, known as "the largest tree in 

 the world," has about the same circum- 

 ference as "Old Grizzly," and conse- 

 quently the same diameter, but Ithink it is 

 younger by at least a thousand years. Its 

 location would indicate a better water 

 supply and a deeper soil. 



In the Santa Cruz grove, near Santa 

 Cruz, is "The Giant," a grand old tree. It 

 has a present height of 306 feet; its top 



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