FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



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a diameter of 3 or 4 feet. Not infrequently trees reach a height of over 200 

 feet and a diameter of from 5 to 8 feet. The tapering trunks are clear of 

 branches for from 00 to lOO feet or more, while the crown is a narrow short 



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pyramid running up to a slender point. The crown is very open and carries 

 comparatively few Small, horizontal branches, which appear thinly clad with 

 leaves. Trees growing in specially favorable, protected situatious have rather 



