California Tree Novelties 



By E. a. Sterling 

 PART II 



THE California redwoods and Sequoias have been 

 described until they are familiar to every visitor. 

 The Sequoias, in particular, are the mecca of 

 many tourists and may be seen at their best on a trip to 

 Yosemite by way of the Raymond and Wawona entrance. 

 The other groups of Sequoias are not so frequently vis- 



tunately, is within a few hours' ride of San Francisco, 

 and should by all means be visited. It is reached from 

 Santa Cruz by the Southern Pacific, and a day in the 

 park will give some idea of the redwood forests in the 

 lumber regions of Humboldt and Mendocino counties. 

 These magnificent trees, however, are fully worth a trip 



A GROUP OK SEQUOIAS 



This is the largest cone-bearing evergreen tree in the world, and the oldest. Some reach a height of over 300 feet, but tlie average is about 

 270 feet. The trunks are from 17 to 24 feet in diameter at about 8 feet above the greatly swelled bases. This California big tree is 

 in a region of about .50 square miles, within which there are twenty -six groves. One of the largest of these, called tlie Grant Forest, con- 

 tains .5,000 trees. Some groves contain few. Deer Creek Grove having but thirty, and North Grove only six. The larger trees are 

 between 4,000 and 5,000 years old. 



ited, although thousands are attracted annually to the 

 Mariposa grove and General Grant National Park. In 

 the Yosemite Park, to which more and more tourists now 

 go and which will be seen this year by more than ever 

 before, there is a considerable variety of trees to be seen. 

 Here the tourist, making his headquarters at one of such 

 tent camps as shown in the accompanying photographs, 

 may, in a few days, see all of the points of interest within 

 the park. 



The California redwood forests at their best are off the 

 regular routes of travel. California Redwood Park, for- 



up the Northwestern Pacific R. R., and over the new line 

 from Willits to Eureka or by steamer to Fort Bragg or 

 F,ureka. Eureka will be visited by the members of the 

 American Forestry Association after their meeting in 

 San Francisco on October 20, in order to see the redwood 

 forests and the lumber camps. Here the trees grow 

 in solid forests of a density and splendor to which no 

 description can do justice. By comparison, the best 

 specimens of individual trees found on the slopes of 

 Tamalpais in Marin County or in California Redwood 

 Park are reproduced by thousands or millions, and by 



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