number 14 genera or families, comprising 70 species 

 or kinds of trees 13 of the genera with 40 species 

 being in California. 



Of these species 27 are pines, 2 are larches, 5 are 

 spruces, 2 are hemlock spruces, 2 are false hemlock 

 spruces, 10 are firs, 2 are redwoods, 2 are American 

 cedars, 7 are cypresses, 9 are junipers, and 2 are 

 yews. 



ENORMOUS SIZE OF TREES AN> CONES. 



Three of our pines the great Sugar, the Yellow, 

 and the Jeffrey Pine all of them being very val- 

 uable trees, are also the largest trees of the family, 

 often attaining a height of 220 feet, with a diameter 

 of 10-12 feet no pines of foreign countries attain 

 one-half of these dimensions. 



Five of our pines bear longer or heavier cones, 

 with larger seeds than any found elsewhere, the 

 cones of the very, valuable Sugar Pine being 15-20 

 inches long, while those of the Coulter Pine often 

 weigh 8-10 pounds, the Gray Pine 3-4 pounds, the 

 Torrey Pine 2 pounds, and the Jeffrey Pine y 2 -i 

 pounds, while the largest cones outside of Cali- 

 fornia scarcely exceed 6 inches and the heaviest 

 rarely weigh i pound. 



Two of our spruces attain enormous dimensions 

 the very beautiful and valuable Douglas Spruce 

 of the Sierra and northward becomes 300-450 feet 

 high, with a trunk 8-12 feet thick. The great 

 Tideland Spruce of the north coast is but little less 

 in dimensions, while the cone of the Big-cone 

 Hemlock Spruce of the San Bernardino Mountains 

 js 5-7 inches long and 3-4 inches thick when ripe 



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