Photograph by Eindley Eddy 



IN THE GIANT FOREST OF THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA 



The "General Sherman" Tree, shown on the preceding page and in the frontispiece, 

 belongs to the greatest grove of trees anywhere in the world — the Giant Forest of the 

 Sequoia National Park. The General Sherman fortunately stands on public land, but the 

 majority of the redwoods of the Giant Forest are privately owned. Though it was to pre- 

 serve this incomparable group of trees that the Sequoia National Park was created by 

 Congress in 1890, funds have been lacking to buy about 1,000 acres scattered through the 

 grove, in 40-acre tracts, on which stand most of the best trees. The owners have expressed 

 a willingness to dispose of their lands to the government and have given options on their 

 holdings, but Congress has never appropriated the money for their purchase. If Congress 

 does not soon appropriate the $50,000 required, it is to be hoped that sufficient funds may be 

 raised by private subscription to buy the private holdings in the park and donate them to the 

 National Government. While these splendid trees are in private hands, there is always the 

 possibility of their destruction. 



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