FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



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a percentage of saw timber is actually obtained (25 to 30 per cent) in lumbering 

 this tree that it seems wantonly wasteful to lumber it. 



Fig. 55. — Sequoia waahingtoniana. 



Longevity.— Estimates and ring counts have placed the age of this tree at 

 from 4,000 to 5,000 years. It is doubtful whether the largest of the trees DOW 



1." 188— OS 10 



