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FOEEST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



with shiny, purplish rose-colored wings. Seed-leaves are 9 to 13, usually 12, 

 about five-eighths of an inch long and bluntly pointed. Wood, one of the three 

 heavy fir woods, is about a pound heavier per cubic foot (dry) than that of 



A hi is magnificat 



noble fir. It is soft but firm, rather brittle, straight, and usually fine-grained. 

 Considerably more durable in an unprotected state than wood of any of the 

 other native firs. It is yellowish brown, with a reddish tinge. The commercial 



