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MISC. PUBLICATION 295, U. S. DEl'T. OF AGRICULTURE 



F-3278* 



Figure 45. — Giant Arborvitae (Western Red Cedar) in Snohomish County, 



Wash 



(Tsuga heterophylla) 210. 254, and *259 feet tall, though not of un- 

 usual circumference, in the vicinity of Cathlamet. 



Columbia Forest Methusaleh. This is a ponderosa (western yel- 

 low) pine believed to be the biggest yellow pine in the State of 

 Washington and the oldest living thing within the Columbia National 

 Forest. It is 4 miles north of Trout Lake on the road that leads to 



