MOUNTAIN TREES 



te-wat, and the little almond-like cavi- 

 ties in which the nuts lie, he-push or 

 "eyes" of the te-wat, a very beautiful 

 figure. 



The largest, practically pure and ex- 

 tensive forest of one-leaf pines to be 

 found in our southern mountains is on 

 the desert slope of the Santa Rosa range, 

 a locality known as Pinyon Flats, and 

 surely one of the most beautiful and pic- 

 turesque spots imaginable. The Pinyon 

 is also found on the back ranges of the 

 San Bernardinos and Sierra Madres, 

 forming an extensive but narrow belt all 

 along the Mohave Desert.* 



A peculiar weirdness and sadness 

 haunts these sun-drenched open forests 

 of the Pinyon. The hallowed hush of 



*The single tree of the Indian Nut Pine found near 

 Pasadena on Mt. Wilson has a history. "On October 

 10, 1887, Jason and Owen Brown (sons of John Brown 

 of Harper's Ferry fame) built a cairn on this moun- 

 tain top. They noticed this rare tree, with its roots so 

 much denuded by rain wash and wind that it was ready 

 to die; and they gathered and brought soil in their 

 little dinner pail to pack around its exposed roots, 

 thus saving its life at that time, and hence it has been 

 called the *Osawatamie pine tree.' Then on August 15, 

 1893, Dr. Ried found it perishing again from the same 



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