FOREST TREES 
the common white cedar and in arbor- 
vitze. 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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