and expanded these dimensions far excelling any 

 foreign spruce. 



Five of our firs, the Red-bark, the White-bark, 

 and the Shasta firs of California, and the Grand 

 and Noble firs of the region northward, become 

 two or three times as large as any eastern or for- 

 eign fir, being often 200-300 feet high, 12-18 feet 

 in diameter, with cones 6-8 inches long. 



Our two world-renowned redwoods the Coast 

 Redwood and the vSierra Big Tree, rising to the 

 height of 300-320 feet and enlarging, while yet 

 young, to a diameter of 20-35 f eet and growing for 

 3,000-5,000 years are not approached in grand 

 proportions and regal majesty elsewhere. And 

 the cones of one of our redwoods the Sierra Big 

 Tree though small as compared with our pine 

 cones, are yet, doubtless, the monsters of their race, 

 the largest being the size of a hen's egg, while the 

 largest cone found in connection with fossil re- 

 mains of the twenty- five extinct species do not 

 exceed the size of a nutmeg. 



So with the 2-3 inch cones of our Alpine Hem- 

 lock Spruce, the i-inch cone of Incense Cedar, the 

 i^-inch cone of the Monterey Cypress, the y%- 

 inch berry of the California Juniper, and the Cali- 

 fornia False Nutmeg, all the largest cones of their 

 respective families. 



WHY THIS FAVORITISM? 



This prodigality in number and size extends to 

 other vegetable growths. Our oaks are numerous 

 and often large, with the largest acorns and cups 

 known. One of our maples bears leaves 6-10 



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