CATALOGUE OF FOREST TREES. 185- 



Taxodium sempervirens, Lambert, Pinus, 114;-2 cd. ii, 107, t. 52. Loudon, Arboretum, iv, 2487, f. 2340, 2341. Hooker, p'l. 

 Bor.-Am. ii, 164; Icon, iv, t. 379. Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beecliey, 1841. Fremont, Geographical Mem. California, :56,. 

 37. Henkel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 262. 



Taxodii species, Douglas in Companion Bot. Mag. ii, 150. 



Sequoia gigantea, Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 190, in part. Beutbam, PI. Hartweg. 33a 



Abies religiosa, Hooker & Amott, Bot. Boechey, 160. 



Sehubeftia sempervirens, 8pach,H'mt.\og.x^i, 353. 



8. religiosa, Pr^l,Epimel.Bot.357. Walpers, Ann. iU, 448. 



Oigantabies taxifoUa, Nelson, PinaceB, 78. 



EEDWOOD. 



California, from the northern boundary of the state, south through the Coast ranges to "Veers creek" near the- 

 southern border of Monterey county. 



A large tree of great economic value, 61 to 92 meters in height, with a trunk 2.40 to 7 meters in diameter, sending 

 up from the stump when cut many vigorous shoots ; sides of canons and gulches in low, wet situations, borders of 

 streams, etc., not appearing on dry hillsides; generally confined to the western slopes of the Coast ranges, 

 and nowhere extending far from the coast; most generally multiplied and reaching its greatest average density 

 north of cape Mendocino. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, very brittle, rather coarsegrained, compact, susceptible of a good polish, easily 

 split and worked, very durable in contact with the soil ; bands of small summer cells thin, dark colored,^ 

 conspicuous; medullary rays numerous, very obscure; color, clear light red, the thiu sap-wood nearly white ;^ 

 specific gravity, 0.4208; ash, 0.14; largely sawed into lumber; the prevailing and most valuable building material 

 of the Pacific coast, and in California almost exclusively used for shingles, fence posts, telegraph poles, railway 

 ties, wine-butts, tanning- and water-tanks, coflQns, etc. ; forms with curled or contorted grain are highly ornamental. 



343. Taxus brevifolia, Nuttall, 



Sylva, iii,86, 1. 108; 2ed. ii, 149, 1. 108 (T. occidentalis on plate). Torrey in Pacific R. K.Eep. iv, 140. NewbeiTy in Pacific E. R. Rep, 

 vi, 60, 90, f. 26. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 203; Pacific R. R. Rep. xii'', 26, 69; Am. Nat. iii, 414. Wood, Bot. & Fl. . 

 316. Bolander in Proc. California Acad, iii, 229. Carrifcro, Trait. Conif. 2 ed. 742. Hoopes, Evergreens, 383. Parlatore in De 

 Candolle, Prodr. xvi^, 501. Gray in Proc. Am. Acad, vii, 40'i. Koch, Deudrologie, ii^, 95. Gordon, Pinetnm, 2 ed. 392. Vasey, 

 Cat. Forest Trees, .35. Macoun in Geological Rep. Canada, 1875-76, 211. Hall in Coulter's I3ot. Gazette, ii, 91. Watson. Bot. 

 California, ii, 110. G. M. Dawson in Canadian Nat. new ser. ix, 329. Veitch, Manual Conif. 305. 



T. baccata, var. CanadewstS, Bentham, Pi. Hartweg. 338. 



T. baccata, Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 167, in part. 



T. Boursierii, CarriJire in Rev. Hort. 1854,228 & t. ; Trait. Conif. 523 ; 2 ed. 739. 



T. Lindleyana, Murray in Edinburgh New Phil. Jour, now ser. i, 294 ; Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh, vi, I860. Lawson, Cat, 

 1855, 15. Gordon, Pinetum, 316 ; Suppl. 99. Henkel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 360. Nelson, Pinacete, 174. 



T. Canadensis, Bigelowin Pacific R. R.Rcp. iv,25[notWilIdenow]. 



YEW 



Queen Charlotte islands and the valley of the Skeena river, south through the Coast ranges of British Columbia, 

 through western and the mountain ranges of eastern Washington territory and Oregon to the western slopes of 

 the Rocky mountains of northern Montana (Ganby <& Sargent), through the California Coast ranges to the bay of 

 Monterey and along the western slopea'of the Sierra Nevadas to about latitude 37 IT. 



A tree 18 to 24 meters in height, with a trunk 0.00 to 0.90 meter in diameter, or toward its eastern limits in 

 Idaho and Montana much smaller, often reduced to a low shrub; rai'e; low, rich woods and borders of streams, 

 reaching its greatest development in western Oregon, Washington territory, and British Columbia. 



Wood heavy, hard, strong, brittle, very close-grained, compact, susceptible of a beautiful polish, very durable 

 in contact with the soil; bauds of small summer cells thin, dark colored, conspicuous; medullary rays thin, 

 numerous, very obscure ; color, light bright red, the thin sap'wood light yellow ; specific gravity, 0.6391 ; ash, 

 0.22 ; used for fence posts and by the Indians of the northwest coast for paddles, spear handles, bows, fish-hooks, 

 etc. 



