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This Hemlock has leaves, which are bright green both 

 above and below, standing out from all sides of the branches, 

 and cones which are erect when young, and pendulous at 

 maturity. 



DOUGLAS FIR 



Pseudotsuga taxifolia. Pine Family 



A very large tree, from one hundred to three hundred feet high, two 

 to fifteen feet in diameter. Leaves: linear, obtuse, with two lateral 

 resin-ducts close to the epidermis of the lower side. Flowers: monoe- 

 cious, from the axils of the previous year's leaves ; the staminate ones 

 an oblong column surrounded and partly enclosed by numerous con- 

 spicuous bud-scales ; the pistillate ones with scales much shorter than the 

 linear, aristate bracts. Fruit: the cones maturing the first year, with 

 persistent scales and exserted bracts. 



This grand tree is one of the glories of the forest, with 

 its glossy, crowded leaves, which are rounded at the apex, 

 yellowish-green on the top and have a green midnerve be- 

 neath. Its enormous trunk, covered with rough, brown 

 bark, stands up tall and straight like a gigantic ship's mast, 

 while the cones are pendant on long stout stems, and have 

 trident-shaped bracts below the scales. 



RED CEDAR 



Thuya plicata. Pine Family 



A tall tree, with thin, fibrous bark, and scattered branches. Leaves: 

 opposite, ovate, acuminate, subpungent, adnate, imbricated in four 

 rows. Flowers: terminal, the staminate ones numerous, very small. 

 Fruit: cones maturing the first season, small, soon strongly reflexed. 



A tree which grows as high as two hundred and fifty feet, 

 and has very beautiful, shining evergreen foliage. The 

 cones are cinnamon-coloured, and thickly clustered at the 

 ends of the branchlets, the seeds being compressed, and 



