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WOOD AND FOREST. 



80 belong to the western forests and 28 to the eastern. The Pacific 

 forest is rich in the possession of half a dozen leading species Doug- 

 las fir, western hemlock, sugar pine, bull pine, cedar and redwood. 



Fig. 51. Dense Forest of Puget Sound Reg-ion, Red Fir and Red Cedar. Pierce Co., 

 Washing-ton. U. S. Forest Service. 



But the far western conifers are remarkable, not only for their 

 variety, but still more for the density of their growth, already men- 

 tioned, and for their great size, Fig. 52. The pines, spruces and 

 hemlocks of the Puget Sound region make eastern trees look small, 



