MOUNTAIN TREES 



out boldly and towering high above the 

 silent sea of pines about them. The spe- 

 cific name ponderosa was suggested by 

 David Douglas in allusion to its impos- 

 ing stature. 



In our mountains of Southern Cali- 

 fornia it is by far the most prevalent 

 conifer and composes the great bulk of 

 our forest, forming magnificent areas 

 of wooded country especially in the San 

 Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains. 

 Though ordinarily a dweller of the 

 slopes with an elevation of from 4000 

 to 7000 feet, on the south side of Mount 

 San Jacinto a few trees have climbed 

 the slopes to an elevation of 9800 feet, 

 one of the highest recorded stations for 

 this pine. Grinnell notes its occurrence 

 at 9000 feet near Sugar Loaf Peak and 

 Dry Lake. 



The dry powdered resin of the yellow 

 pines is used as a dusting powder for 

 sores. Settlers mix the resin with corn 

 meal and apply it as a poultice to pro- 

 duce counter-irritation. ( Schneider. ) 



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