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our smaller trees, but which was not the same, 

 just as the Sequoia gigantea of the higher Sierras 

 is a gigantic variety of redwood, closely allied to 

 but not the same as the Sequoia sempervirens, 

 which flourishes nearer the coast and in the lower 

 levels. That would easily explain why our pines, 

 which we call ''second growth,'' show little ten- 

 dency to become such majestic or so long lived 

 trees as the giants of a century and more in age. 

 It is doubtful if any of the old time mighty ones 

 remain in any remotest corner of our forests. 

 It is a pity, too, for it is probable that in destroy- 

 ing the last one we destroyed a variety of pine 

 that was far nobler than any left. 



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