JO2 ESSAY UPON REDWOOD. 



rhombic-circuloid, being mostly obliquely wing-margined ; 

 middle body part narrowly wedge-like, often very short- 

 pointed in the slightly notched, outer, larger end : in short, 

 apt to remind one of small parsnip seed. 



Colossal trees, of straight, columnar trunk, and short, 

 spreading branches; leaves two-rowed, as in the yew and 

 spruce, or merely scale-like, as in cedars ; bark, cinnamon- 

 brown, very thick, readily splitting longitudinally, shreddy- 

 fibrous, spongy and light. 



6". gigantca, the Great Washington Cedar, popularly 

 known as " Mammoth Tree," and the groves as the " Big 

 Trees " of California. 



A few facts seem needful to be known relative to the 

 earliest discovery and identification of this second species. As 

 historic truth demands, it is but just to say that Dr. Kellogg 

 took Mr. Lobb to the California Academy of Sciences, and 

 showed him the first specimen he ever saw of this marvelous, 

 now world-renowned, 



WASHINGTON CEDAR, 



Agreed to be so named by mutual consultation at that time. 

 In this discussion Mr. Lobb coincided with the writer if he 

 did not originally suggest that, being the " Father of Ce- 

 dars,'' it might well commemorate the '' Father of His Coun- 

 try." Objections were strongly urged by a nameless citizen, 

 on the ground that no botanical specimens ever bore the 

 names of military men, etc., but at length a prepared report 

 of the committee to whom the subject was referred was made 

 unanimous, recommending that if, in case of further investiga- 



