BIG TEEES OF CALIFORNIA. 



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" Centuri'" ; named in 1865 in honor of The Century Association, of New York, of 

 which the poet Bryant was president. 



- John LeConte?' \ s^^ndin- close together. 

 '•Joseph LeConte." j ^ ^ 



Sequoia Queen." \^^ ^hister of three, the ''Queen" in the center. 



Maieis of Honor." / 



Average lieight, 305 feet; average diameter, 20 feet. 



"Sir Joseph Hooker"; named in honor of tlie Enghsh botanist. 

 "John Lindley"; named in honor of the Enghsh botanist who was the first to 

 name and describe the Big Tree. 



' ■ Mother and Son " ; a large and small tree together. 



"General Scott," 325 feet high. 



"Old Bachelor." 



"Kentucky." 



"The Siamese Twins. 



"Daniel Webster." 



"Granite State." 



* '■ The Old Republican. ' ' 



"Henry Clay." 



* ' Andrew Jackson . " ' 



"Vermont." 



"Empire State," 94 feet in circumference. 



"Old Dominion." 



' ' George Washington . ' ' 



"Uncle Tom's Cabin." 



"The Beauty of the Forest." 



The following table gives additional measurements for some of the 

 above-named Big Trees in the Calaveras Grove. These figures are 

 believed to be conservative and to express more nearly the actual sizes 

 of the trees named: 



JleitjIU and diameter measurements of fnrs in (he Calaveras Grovel 





Name of tree. 



Diameter 6 



feet above 



ground. 



Height. 



Kcvistnnc .^tnte 



Fed. 

 14.3 

 12.7 

 19.4 

 15 



16. G 

 13.1 

 15.3 

 15 

 14. G 

 16.2 

 15.6 

 15.9 



9.G 

 14 



8.G 

 12.7 

 13.7 

 16.2 



9.6 

 15.3 

 10.8. 

 16.2 

 13.7 

 10.8 

 10.5 

 15.9 

 12.4 



9.9 

 11.8 



8.6 



9.9 



Fed. 

 325 



General Jaekson 



319 



Mother of the Forest (without hark^ 



315 



Daniel Webster 





307 



T.Starr King . 



283 



Richard Cobd en 



284 



Pride of the Forest 



282 



Henry Clay 



280 



Bav State 



275 



James King of William 



274 



Sentinel 



272 



Dr. Kane 



271 



Arborv'itsb Queen . 



2G9 



Abraham Lincoln 



2G8 



Maid of Honor 



266 



Old Vermont . 



265 



Uncle Sam 



265 



Mother and Son ( Mother ) 



261 



Three Graces (highest) 



26'^ 



William Cullen Brvant 



262 



U. S. Grant . 



261 



George Wa.shington 



256 



General Scott 



258 



Henrv Ward Beecher 



252 



California 



250 



Uncle Tom's Cabin _ 



250 



Beauty of the Forest . 



249 



J. B. Mcpherson 



246 



Florence Nightingale 



246 



James Wads worth 



289 



Elihu Burritl 



231 







' From J. D. Whitney's " Yo.semite Guide-Book." For a readier conception of size, 

 Mr. Whitney' a circumference measuremeutb are here converted into equivalent diam- 

 eters. 



