LET’S KNOW SOME TREES 9 
FIRS, CEDARS, AND SEQUOIAS 
THE FIRS 
The white fir (fig. 4 (aye mainly of the western slopes of the Sierras 
and the Cascades, is a beautiful tree, occasionally 200 feet high and 
See 
Ficurn 7.—White fir (Abies concolor) 
' 
4 to 5 feet in diameter. The old bark is dark ashy gray, and the 
leaves are 1 or 2 inches long, in flat rows and fragrant. The cones, 
standing upright on the upper branches, are 3 or “4 inches long and 
