1899. 



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feet above sea level. A few scattering tion at which the writer observed it on 

 trees occur near the coast, but they dis- the eastern side of the Cascade Range 



DOUGLAS SPRUCE, NEAR ASTORIA, OREGON; DIAMETER, THIRTEEN FEET; 

 ESTIMATED HEIGHT, THREE HUNDRED FEET. 



like the tide land and only begin to was 2,800 feet. Along streams, how- 

 reach their normal development above ever, it is probably found at a lower alti- 

 recent sea deposits. The lowest eleva- tude. It reaches its best development 



