84 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



destructive,- it is to be feared that unless special measures are taken for its protection 

 by the State of Oregon this very beautiful tree may become extinct 



The timber, which I only know from a specimen in the Jesup Collection of 

 North American Woods, preserved in the American Museum of Natural History at 

 New York, is said by Sargent to be considerably heavier than that of other 

 American spruces, soft, close-grained, with a satiny surface, the sapwood hardly 

 distinguishable. The specimen alluded to is 13^ inches in diameter under the bark 

 at 166 years old. (H. J. E.) 



