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

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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 141<br />

a percentage <strong>of</strong> saw timber is actually obtained (25 to 30 per cent) in lumbering<br />

this tree that it seems wantonly wasteful to lumber it.<br />

FIG. 55.-SeqUoia washlinmgtoniana.<br />

LoNGEvrTY.-Estimates and ring counts have placed <strong>the</strong> age <strong>of</strong> this tree at<br />

from 4,000 to 5,000 years. It is doubtful whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> largest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> trees now<br />

1518-08- 10

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