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River, where the Bridal \'eil Lumber- 

 ing Company, with great skill and perse- 

 verance, has succeeded during the past 

 fifteen years in logging this timber at 

 high altitudes. The almost inaccessible 

 locations of this tree, enhancing the dif- 

 ficulty of lumbering, have prevented 

 the less ardent lumbermen from enter- 

 ing its domain, with the result that at 

 present the Bridal Veil Company is 

 practically the onh' extensive manu- 

 facturer of larch lumber. 



The merchantable stand of larch tim- 

 her in Oregon alone has been estimated 

 .at 2,000,000,000 board feet, or about 



one-sevent3'-fifth as much as the stand of 

 Red P'ir. In Washington larch timber 

 has not been exploited, and there are no 

 estimates of the stand available. 



GROWTH. 



The silvery, bluish-green foliage, the 

 large, upright cgnes, and the close, 

 light-colored bark make the tree con- 

 spicuously beautiful. It develops a- 

 straight, symmetrical stem, often rising 

 to a height of 300 feet, the clear length 

 of which is from 150 to 180 feet. The 

 diameter at the bases of the trees ranges 



LARCH TIMBER ox THE EDGK OF A CLEARING, 



