LUTHER BURBANK 
age that preceded the segregation of the modern 
nations of Europe. The patriarchs of the race 
were living in the days that saw the building of 
the Egyptian pyramids. 
A tree with such racial traditions and with such 
individual representatives is surely entitled to be 
considered the most interesting tree in the world. 
Whoever has camped in a primeval forest of 
Sequoias or redwoods will attest that merely to 
enter into the presence of these colossal antedi- 
luvians is to experience an almost overwhelming 
sense of their grandeur. And it is the common 
experience that this feeling of awe grows day by 
day and becomes overpowering if you linger like 
a lost pigmy in the shadow of the giants. 
From our present standpoint the interest in the 
Sequoias hinges on the possibility of growing seed- 
lings or transplanting saplings for ornamental pur- 
poses in the parks and fields. It is rather strange 
that the attempt to do this has not been carried out 
more extensively. Curiously enough, the redwoods 
are grown more in England than they are any- 
where in America outside the regions where they 
are indigenous. But doubtless the climatic condi- 
tions account for this. The trees thrive fairly well 
in the relatively mild climate of England, but they 
find the winters of the North Central and the 
Northeastern United States prohibitive. 
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