The Largest Tree in the World 



This giant Sequoia, growing in the Mariposa Grove, in the 

 Yosemite National Park, is known as the "Grizzly Giant." It is 

 feet in diameter and 225 feet high. It is estimated to contain more 

 than one million feet of lumber. The first limb is 100 feet from 

 the ground, and 6 feet in diameter. Doubtless the tree or- 

 iginally had limbs all the way from the ground, but 

 the lower ones have died in the course of the 

 ages that mark the life of this extraor- 

 dinary tree. Observe the man 

 standing near the tree, by 

 way of contrast. 



