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does in the RocMes. It is a hardy, vigorous, thrifty tree, nine- 

 ty or one hundred feet tall, and five or six feet in diameter. It 

 somewhat resembles the eastern White Pine. Its finest develop- 

 ment is at an altitude of about 10,000 feet. It is possible, grow- 

 ing at such a high elevation, that it would be hardy in the Da- 

 k;otas and Minnesota, though, in raising trees, there are mora 

 than certain degrees of cold to be taken into consideration. 

 The soil may not be congenial; the winter air, though, of the 

 same degree of coldness, may be much drier and so not fit. But 

 these things should be tested and all through the Northwest 

 we should find out how large are the resources from which we 

 can draw. 



Monterey Pine — Pinus Radiata. This tree is remarkable in 

 that it loves the sea coast and can endure the ocean air. It is 

 found in the hot valleys of California. It often grows to the 

 height of one hundred feet and grows very rapidly, sometimes 

 the annual layers will be one-half to one inch thick, showing 

 very vigorous growth. 



Many of the trees of the Rockies grow in the Sierras, where 

 they are much larger than their Eastern relatives. This is true 

 of the Ponderosa, which in the West is called The Yellow or Sil- 

 ver Pine. There it has been known to reach the height of 220 

 feet with a diameter of eight feet. If in the Roolcies you find 

 one four feet through and 100 feet tall you will do well. 



The Concolor, one of the most charming Conifers of Color- 

 ado, grows in California to an immense size, often reaching a 

 height of 200 feet and six feet in diameter. Pinus Contorta, 

 Pinus Flexilis, and Pinus Aristarta or Foxtail Pine are also in 

 the Sierras, growing on a much larger scale, 



Abies Magnifica. This is much like the Concolor, only tall- 

 er and grander, sometimes reaching the height, of 250 feet. 

 This is called the Red Fir by lumbermen who always use the 

 branches to sleep on. They make a delightful bed and the 

 leaves are unsurpassed for pillows. Douglas, who first found 

 and described these trees, went into raptures over their kingly 

 and imposing majesty. 



The Douglas, Spruce, named from David Douglas, is in the 

 fullness of its glory on the Western slope. There is probably 

 no tree of such dimensions as closely packed in so small a com- 

 pass as this, a single acre of these stately columns producing a 

 fabulous amount of the best framing lumber to be found. Our 

 Rocky Mountain trees, though of the same species, are like 

 dwarfs beside their stalwart Western cousins. 



The Incense Cedar — LIbocedrus Decurrens. This is also a 

 giant. I hardly know what we would have done for shingles if 

 it had not been for this tree, available after the best White 

 Pine material had been used up. It is used extensively for other 

 purposes. When our house here in Tork was built, we used 



