De I. VNER VEW D Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope

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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
cessation of height growth in the leader and an elongation ol~ the older, shorter
top side lbrainches. All of the branches, except the topmost, have a distinct
downward and1 npward swing. The bark, pecnliarly characteristic, is smooth
and ashy brown, with chialky areas on young trunks, while on older trees it is
regnlarly and shallowly fnrrowed, the long flat ridges still retaining splashes
of gray-white. In old trees the bark is more deeply bnt narrowly fnrrowed, the
ridges being sharper and less conspicnously fleckedl with whiite. The general
Fm-n 40.-Ab icr gJJ(iji (1 is, lower biranch.
tone becomes pale red-brown with an ashen tinge. The bark is very hard, close,
and horny rarely over II inches thick on 01(d trunks, and scarcely an inch
thick orr trees from IS to 20 inches in diameter.
The deep yellow-green shinry foliage is somewhat thin in appearance because
of the (haracteristic sprreadinig, esipecially of lower leaves. The leaves of
the lower crowin branches are fiat, grooved, blunt, and distinctly notched at
their ends (fig. 40) ;they appear to grow and to stand out distinctly from two