WHITE FIR ' 



Abies concolor PARRY. 



Large trees with old bark, rough, gray 

 and furrowed, and stained with rich an- 

 cient browns how goodly is their com- 

 pany! They are the lovable old patri- 

 archs who have words of wood wisdom 

 and of history for all who will to know 

 the story of their lives. The days of 

 their sojourn here have been many. 

 Record has been kept by them in their 

 wounds and scars of the struggles with 

 the furor of storms through a hundred 

 seasons; in the rings of their trunks is 

 found the story of wet season and 

 drought; they know the ways of their 

 friends, the birds, and offer from gener- 

 ation to generation without restrictions, 

 homes to the feathered flocks. 



Helped by the squirrels, the winds 

 and birds, the seeds from season to sea- 

 son have been sown, and now about their 

 borders have sprung up little groups 

 of dainty saplings and older tree chil- 



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