FOREST TREES 



the common white cedar and in arbor- 

 vitas. The diameter of the trunk of 

 the big tree is strikingly large even for 

 its wonderful height. Both trees lift 

 their crowns rather high, and have 

 comparatively short boughs, with dense, 

 bushy, somewhat straggly-looking fo- 

 liage. In its youthful stage the foliage 

 of the redwood, like its congener's, has 

 a bluish tinge, which with advancing 

 years turns to a dark and somber green 

 that contrasts strangely with the red 

 color of the thick, spongy bark. But 

 the individuality of both trees, espe- 

 cially that of the big tree, is so impres- 

 sive and magnificent that all these minor 

 essences become involved in the maj- 

 esty of the whole. The mighty bole 

 rises in splendid proportions to where 

 the distant fronds hang loosely down, 

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