SKQUOIA 

 evt trep<i with trunk'i 



rin„ m one season On w i I l\ .1) tului 1 m 

 il ■-pecies throughout th lui ii i 1\ ith \ni ii i 

 3ut>, of Europe, but m « hum 1 i i « | .i 

 1 ire confined to the mount luis ( 1 ( ilil iiiii 



ot the rulno.iil hinil.tr m tht ti ul. imi ib used 

 18 1 icifac loist wheit-sti I luht .hiiibk easil) 

 ed imteri U is de'iired Most i\ ooden huildmgs are 

 rutted -with this hiraber in Cihfornn and it is 

 times exported to Europe to be empIo\ed as a sub 

 e tor red cedar m the manufacture of lend pencils 

 with a curly grain are highly prized b> cabinet 

 Is from whom thej ha\e received the name "curly 



ood of 



theiefoit 



ible I 



(inliii resembles that of S semper 

 r ffiained and lighter (in weight), 

 idapttd tn is wiik us( ts the latter 

 11 il )i )we\er, and 



IS wideh used foi coarser cnn iiu ii n w il tits, fence 

 posts, vineyard stakes shm^l ui i th h) 



As an oinaraental subv ' t "^ i / n i iis will be 

 valuable wherever it i li n I i i insistent 



upon a cool moist t , i i md is in 



this respect mfeiioi t ili il i h n/h a va 



nety known is ^ v , / i is leported 



tobedonu " U ni ml, in ( hi ini i 



S giii nif > Il I I n 111 1 w i Ih i I ml I m the East 

 and in !• Ill ] m 1 m li It i II iii n h is maintained 

 Itself fill I iiiinil I 1 t \ 11 111 in St nut ible exam 

 pies art thost lu the Lllwau^ti tV^ B<iii\ grounds, at 

 Rothestti N 1 , which are now about 40 jrs old 30 

 ft high and 12 in lu diameter at base of trunks When 

 seen in the winter of 1900-1 however, these trees were 

 beginning to show the effects of the rigorous climate b> 

 their dead and dying tops. This species 



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2316. Senecio Petasitis (X %). 



hardy than S. sempervirens, and even in the dry climate 

 of southern California is reported to be doing very well. 

 A weeping variety kno\vri as S. pendiila is advertised, 

 which originated some years ago in European nurseries, 

 and is described as having "all pendulous branches, 

 closely pressed against the stem." Both species are said 



to dislike heavy soils and to thrive best when planted in 

 ill pp s uiih loam Both are easily propagated from seed, 

 Mill h I ii'i't readily m a few weeks 





2317 Senecio Douglasu ( 



A iis dimoiplnc, usually 2 utnkii! buds scaly. 



sempfirvirens, End] California Redwood. Fig. 

 2318 Tree, 200-400 ft and more high with a slightly 

 tapering trunk 10-20 and sometimes 25 ft in diam., and 

 often clear of branches for over 100 ft branchlets and 

 1\ s. distichously spreading, the latter persistent for two 

 or three years and sometimes dimorphic on the same 

 branch, the larger K-5i in. long, the smaller scale-like: 

 cone oblong, %-l in. long, K in. broad, and persistent 

 after opening and discharging the seed. Confined to 

 northern and central Coast Ranges of California on 

 slopes exposed to sea influences. S.S. 10:535. — When 

 cut, or from fallen stems, it throws np many vigorous 



iifiiiij: merchantable trees. 



' "' >;''"■'•, not 2 -ranked, 



. ■.■;../. 



s,,,.n]ann). Cali- 



i. Tn I . :;i)0-350 ft. high, 



. soimtinies 20-30 ft. in 



ches for over 150 ft. : bark 



branchlets hardly dis- 



long-lived shoots, ofte 

 AA. Lvs. seldom or iiol .,' ,i 

 often iiiihr' 



gigantfia, Decne. (.S. h 

 FORNiA Bio Tree. Fi^'. i' :;l 

 with heavy massive trunks 

 diam. and often clear of bran 

 of old trees from 1-2 ft. thii 



tichously arranged, pendulous, cord-like, forming rather 

 tangled masses: lvs. Yg to H in. and sometimes % in. 

 long on stout shoots, and usually closely appressed and 

 scale-like: cone ovate-oblong, 2-3K in. long, 1-2M in. 

 thick, opening only slightly, retaining its original form 

 even when dry, and persistent. Western slopes of Sierra 

 Nevada. S.S. 10:536. Arnold V. STrBENRAUCH. 



Taxodium was the group in which Sequoia semper- 

 v!re)is was at first placed by Lambert from the speci- 

 mens obtained by Menzies in 1795, and it remained 

 there until 1847, when Endlicher established Sequoia 

 for its roi-eption. The type-species of Taxodium is T. 

 i(i.s(i(7/H»i, tlie deciduous cypress. Like nearly all tax- 

 ads, the deciduous cypress has a very ancient relation- 

 ship among fossil trees; it once grew on a large part of 

 western' Europe and portions of England. Forms of 

 Sequoia, whose ancient history constitutes one of the 

 most interesting chapters in fossil botany, once grew in 

 immense forests in Europe, Asia and North America. 

 The first fossil remains occur in the lower chalk-forma- 

 tions and increase in extent to the tertiary strata, in 

 which they are numerous. In miocene times, fossil Se- 

 quoias extended "from the Hebrides to the Steppe of 

 Kirghis." Asa Gray and others have told the story of 

 the rise and fall of this great and strong family of coni- 

 fers, once as powerful as any tree-group in the world, 



