quantities are taken to the several world 

 fairs, and are on exhibition in eastern and 

 foreign museums. Grand trees are they, be- 

 coming three to five feet in diameter in the 

 San Bernardino Mountains. They extend 

 northward along the Santa Lucia Mountains 

 to San Luis Obispo, where they were first 

 seen in 1830 by Dr. Coulter. An outlying 

 grove of about 1,000 acres of small but beau- 

 tiful trees ennobles Mount Diablo on the north 

 side, in full view of the village of Clayton. 

 To be seen at their best, the reader should 

 visit the largest trees, holding out on their 

 long limbs the great cones in pairs or trip- 

 lets, when opened resembling wicker baskets. 

 They are ten to twelve inches long, and weigh 

 eight to ten pounds, by far the heaviest cones 

 known. The scales terminate in hooks, curv- 

 ing inward, the largest near the base on the 

 outer side being often three to four inches 

 long. The leaves, in threes, are almost un- 

 excelled, fourteen to eighteen inches long. 



TWO CURIOUS PINES 



In strong contrast with these big Heavy- 

 cone Pines is the little Knob-cone or Narrow- 

 cone Pine (P. attenuata) , found in small 

 groves at middle altitudes from the San Ber- 

 nardino Mountains along the sunny slopes of 

 the Sierra to Shasta, with several noted groves 

 in the Coast Mountains, especially one large 

 body on the summit of Mt. St. Helena, and 

 a smaller on the eastern slope of the Oakland 

 hills, but a few miles from that city. 



Usually small trees growing in masses, they 

 become slender and tall, beginning to bear at 

 an early age; the bright little cones, four to 

 six inches long, are produced in circles, one 

 marking each year's growth, and hold fast 

 on trunk and limbs, if the tree is separated 



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