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mtn0001 PART ONE OF CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA THIS IS A LIBRIVOX RECORDING
mtn0002 ALL LIBRIVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER
mtn0003 PLEASE VISIT LIBRIVOX DOT ORG THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA BY JOHN MUIR CHAPTER EIGHT
mtn0004 THE FORESTS THE CONIFEROUS FORESTS OF THE SIERRA ARE THE GRANDEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD
mtn0005 AND GROW IN A DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE ON THE MOST INTERESTING AND ACCESSIBLE OF MOUNTAIN RANGES
mtn0006 YET STRANGE TO SAY THEY ARE NOT WELL KNOWN MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS AGO DAVID DOUGLAS
mtn0007 AN ENTHUSIASTIC BOTANIST AND TREE LOVER WANDERED ALONE THROUGH FINE SECTIONS OF THE SUGAR PINE
mtn0008 AND SILVER FIR WOODS WILD WITH DELIGHT A FEW YEARS LATER
mtn0009 OTHER BOTANISTS MADE SHORT JOURNEYS FROM THE COAST INTO THE LOWER WOODS
mtn0010 THEN CAME THE WONDERFUL MULTITUDE OF MINERS INTO THE FOOT HILL ZONE MOSTLY BLIND WITH GOLD DUST
mtn0011 SOON FOLLOWED BY SHEEPMEN WHO WITH WOOL OVER THEIR EYES CHASED THEIR FLOCKS
mtn0012 THROUGH ALL THE FOREST BELTS FROM ONE END OF THE RANGE TO THE OTHER
mtn0013 THEN THE YOSEMITE VALLEY WAS DISCOVERED AND THOUSANDS OF ADMIRING TOURISTS PASSED THROUGH SECTIONS OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE ZONES
mtn0014 ON THEIR WAY TO THAT WONDERFUL PARK AND GAINED FINE GLIMPSES OF THE SUGAR PINES AND SILVER FIRS
mtn0015 ALONG THE EDGES OF DUSTY TRAILS AND ROADS BUT FEW INDEED STRONG AND FREE WITH EYES UNDIMMED WITH CARE
mtn0016 HAVE GONE FAR ENOUGH AND LIVED LONG ENOUGH WITH THE TREES TO GAIN ANYTHING LIKE A LOVING CONCEPTION OF THEIR GRANDEUR AND SIGNIFICANCE
mtn0017 AS MANIFESTED IN THE HARMONIES OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND VARYING ASPECTS THROUGHOUT THE SEASONS
mtn0018 AS THEY STAND ARRAYED IN THEIR WINTER GARB REJOICING IN STORMS
mtn0019 PUTTING FORTH THEIR FRESH LEAVES IN THE SPRING WHILE STEAMING WITH RESINY FRAGRANCE
mtn0020 RECEIVING THE THUNDER SHOWERS OF SUMMER OR REPOSING HEAVY LADEN WITH RIPE CONES IN THE RICH SUNGOLD OF AUTUMN
mtn0021 FOR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS KIND ONE MUST DWELL WITH THE TREES AND GROW WITH THEM
mtn0022 WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO TIME IN THE ALMANAC SENSE THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENERAL FOREST IN BELTS IS READILY PERCEIVED
mtn0023 THESE AS WE HAVE SEEN EXTEND IN REGULAR ORDER FROM ONE EXTREMITY OF THE RANGE TO THE OTHER
mtn0024 AND HOWEVER DENSE AND SOMBER THEY MAY APPEAR IN GENERAL VIEWS NEITHER ON THE ROCKY HEIGHTS
mtn0025 NOR DOWN IN THE LEAFIEST HOLLOWS WILL YOU FIND ANYTHING TO REMIND YOU OF THE DANK MALARIAL SELVAS
mtn0026 OF THE AMAZON AND ORINOCO WITH THEIR BOUNDLESS CONTIGUITY OF SHADE
mtn0027 THE MONOTONOUS UNIFORMITY OF THE DEODAR FORESTS OF THE HIMALAYA THE BLACK FOREST OF EUROPE
mtn0028 OR THE DENSE DARK WOODS OF DOUGLAS SPRUCE WHERE ROLLS THE OREGON
mtn0029 THE GIANT PINES AND FIRS AND SEQUOIAS HOLD THEIR ARMS OPEN TO THE SUNLIGHT
mtn0030 RISING ABOVE ONE ANOTHER ON THE MOUNTAIN BENCHES MARSHALED IN GLORIOUS ARRAY GIVING FORTH THE UTMOST EXPRESSION OF GRANDEUR AND BEAUTY
mtn0031 WITH INEXHAUSTIBLE VARIETY AND HARMONY THE INVITING OPENNESS OF THE SIERRA WOODS IS ONE OF THEIR MOST DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
mtn0032 THE TREES OF ALL THE SPECIES STAND MORE OR LESS APART IN GROVES
mtn0033 OR IN SMALL IRREGULAR GROUPS ENABLING ONE TO FIND A WAY NEARLY EVERYWHERE
mtn0034 ALONG SUNNY COLONNADES AND THROUGH OPENINGS THAT HAVE A SMOOTH PARK LIKE SURFACE STREWN WITH BROWN NEEDLES AND BURS
mtn0035 NOW YOU CROSS A WILD GARDEN NOW A MEADOW
mtn0036 NOW A FERNY WILLOWY STREAM AND EVER AND ANON YOU EMERGE FROM ALL THE GROVES AND FLOWERS
mtn0037 UPON SOME GRANITE PAVEMENT OR HIGH BARE RIDGE COMMANDING SUPERB VIEWS
mtn0038 ABOVE THE WAVING SEA OF EVERGREENS FAR AND NEAR
mtn0039 ONE WOULD EXPERIENCE BUT LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN RIDING ON HORSEBACK THROUGH THE SUCCESSIVE BELTS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STORM BEATEN FRINGES
mtn0040 OF THE ICY PEAKS THE DEEP CANONS HOWEVER THAT EXTEND FROM THE AXIS OF THE RANGE
mtn0041 CUT THE BELTS MORE OR LESS COMPLETELY INTO SECTIONS AND PREVENT THE MOUNTED TRAVELER FROM TRACING THEM LENGTHWISE
mtn0042 THIS SIMPLE ARRANGEMENT IN ZONES AND SECTIONS BRINGS THE FOREST AS A WHOLE
mtn0043 WITHIN THE COMPREHENSION OF EVERY OBSERVER THE DIFFERENT SPECIES ARE EVER FOUND OCCUPYING THE SAME RELATIVE POSITIONS TO ONE ANOTHER
mtn0044 AS CONTROLLED BY SOIL CLIMATE AND THE COMPARATIVE VIGOR OF EACH SPECIES IN TAKING AND HOLDING THE GROUND
mtn0045 AND SO APPRECIABLE ARE THESE RELATIONS ONE NEED NEVER BE AT A LOSS IN DETERMINING WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED FEET
mtn0046 THE ELEVATION ABOVE SEA LEVEL BY THE TREES ALONE
mtn0047 FOR NOTWITHSTANDING SOME OF THE SPECIES RANGE UPWARD FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET AND ALL PASS ONE ANOTHER MORE OR LESS
mtn0048 YET EVEN THOSE POSSESSING THE GREATEST VERTICAL RANGE ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS CONNECTION IN
mtn0049 AS MUCH AS THEY TAKE ON NEW FORMS CORRESPONDING WITH THE VARIATIONS IN ALTITUDE
mtn0050 CROSSING THE TREELESS PLAINS OF THE SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN FROM THE WEST
mtn0051 AND REACHING THE SIERRA FOOT HILLS YOU ENTER THE LOWER FRINGE OF THE FOREST
mtn0052 COMPOSED OF SMALL OAKS AND PINES GROWING SO FAR APART
mtn0053 THAT NOT ONE TWENTIETH OF THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND IS IN SHADE AT CLEAR NOONDAY
mtn0054 AFTER ADVANCING FIFTEEN OR TWENTY MILES AND MAKING AN ASCENT OF FROM TWO TO THREE THOUSAND FEET
mtn0055 YOU REACH THE LOWER MARGIN OF THE MAIN PINE BELT COMPOSED OF THE GIGANTIC SUGAR PINE
mtn0056 YELLOW PINE INCENSE CEDAR AND SEQUOIA NEXT YOU COME TO THE MAGNIFICENT SILVER FIR BELT
mtn0057 AND LASTLY TO THE UPPER PINE BELT WHICH SWEEPS UP THE ROCKY ACCLIVITIES OF THE SUMMIT PEAKS
mtn0058 IN A DWARFED WAVERING FRINGE TO A HEIGHT OF FROM TEN TO TWELVE THOUSAND FEET
mtn0059 THIS GENERAL ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION WITH REFERENCE TO CLIMATE DEPENDENT ON ELEVATION IS PERCEIVED AT ONCE
mtn0060 BUT THERE ARE OTHER HARMONIES AS FAR REACHING IN THIS CONNECTION THAT BECOME MANIFEST ONLY AFTER PATIENT OBSERVATION
mtn0061 AND STUDY PERHAPS THE MOST INTERESTING OF THESE IS THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE FORESTS
mtn0062 IN LONG CURVING BANDS BRAIDED TOGETHER INTO LACE LIKE PATTERNS AND OUTSPREAD IN CHARMING VARIETY
mtn0063 THE KEY TO THIS BEAUTIFUL HARMONY IS THE ANCIENT GLACIERS WHERE THEY FLOWED THE TREES FOLLOWED
mtn0064 TRACING THEIR WAVERING COURSES ALONG CANONS OVER RIDGES AND OVER HIGH ROLLING PLATEAUS
mtn0065 THE CEDARS OF LEBANON SAYS HOOKER ARE GROWING UPON ONE OF THE MORAINES OF AN ANCIENT GLACIER
mtn0066 ALL THE FORESTS OF THE SIERRA ARE GROWING UPON MORAINES BUT MORAINES VANISH LIKE THE GLACIERS THAT MAKE THEM
mtn0067 EVERY STORM THAT FALLS UPON THEM WASTES THEM CUTTING GAPS DISINTEGRATING BOULDERS AND CARRYING AWAY THEIR DECAYING MATERIAL
mtn0068 INTO NEW FORMATIONS UNTIL AT LENGTH THEY ARE NO LONGER RECOGNIZABLE BY ANY SAVE STUDENTS
mtn0069 WHO TRACE THEIR TRANSITIONAL FORMS DOWN FROM THE FRESH MORAINES STILL IN PROCESS OF FORMATION
mtn0070 THROUGH THOSE THAT ARE MORE AND MORE ANCIENT AND MORE AND MORE OBSCURED BY VEGETATION
mtn0071 AND ALL KINDS OF POST GLACIAL WEATHERING
mtn0072 HAD THE ICE SHEET THAT ONCE COVERED ALL THE RANGE BEEN MELTED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM THE FOOT HILLS TO THE SUMMITS
mtn0073 THE FLANKS WOULD OF COURSE HAVE BEEN LEFT ALMOST BARE OF SOIL
mtn0074 AND THESE NOBLE FORESTS WOULD BE WANTING MANY GROVES AND THICKETS WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE GROWN UP ON LAKE AND AVALANCHE BEDS
mtn0075 AND MANY A FAIR FLOWER AND SHRUB WOULD HAVE FOUND FOOD AND A DWELLING PLACE IN WEATHERED NOOKS AND CREVICES
mtn0076 BUT THE SIERRA AS A WHOLE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BARE ROCKY DESERT
mtn0077 IT APPEARS THEREFORE THAT THE SIERRA FORESTS IN GENERAL INDICATE THE EXTENT AND POSITIONS OF THE ANCIENT MORAINES
mtn0078 AS WELL AS THEY DO LINES OF CLIMATE FOR FORESTS PROPERLY SPEAKING CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT SOIL
mtn0079 AND SINCE THE MORAINES HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED UPON THE SOLID ROCK AND ONLY UPON ELECTED PLACES
mtn0080 LEAVING A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE OLD GLACIAL SURFACE BARE WE FIND LUXURIANT FORESTS OF PINE AND FIR
mtn0081 ABRUPTLY TERMINATED BY SCORED AND POLISHED PAVEMENTS ON WHICH NOT EVEN A MOSS IS GROWING
mtn0082 THOUGH SOIL ALONE IS REQUIRED TO FIT THEM FOR THE GROWTH OF TREES TWO HUNDRED FEET IN HEIGHT
mtn0083 THE NUT PINE PINUS SABINIANA THE NUT PINE THE FIRST CONIFER MET IN ASCENDING THE RANGE FROM THE WEST
mtn0084 GROWS ONLY ON THE TORRID FOOTHILLS SEEMING TO DELIGHT IN THE MOST ARDENT SUN HEAT LIKE A PALM
mtn0085 SPRINGING UP HERE AND THERE SINGLY OR IN SCATTERED GROUPS OF FIVE OR SIX
mtn0086 AMONG SCRUBBY WHITE OAKS AND THICKETS OF CEANOTHUS AND MANZANITA
mtn0087 ITS EXTREME UPPER LIMIT BEING ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SEA ITS LOWER
mtn0088 ABOUT FROM FIVE HUNDRED TO EIGHT HUNDRED FEET THIS TREE IS REMARKABLE FOR ITS AIRY
mtn0089 WIDESPREAD TROPICAL APPEARANCE WHICH SUGGESTS A REGION OF PALMS RATHER THAN COOL RESINY PINE WOODS
mtn0090 NO ONE WOULD TAKE IT AT FIRST SIGHT TO BE A CONIFER OF ANY KIND
mtn0091 IT IS SO LOOSE IN HABIT AND SO WIDELY BRANCHED AND ITS FOLIAGE IS SO THIN AND GRAY
mtn0092 FULL GROWN SPECIMENS ARE FROM FORTY TO FIFTY FEET IN HEIGHT AND FROM TWO TO THREE FEET IN DIAMETER
mtn0093 THE TRUNK USUALLY DIVIDES INTO THREE OR FOUR MAIN BRANCHES ABOUT FIFTEEN AND TWENTY FEET FROM THE GROUND
mtn0094 WHICH AFTER BEARING AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER SHOOT STRAIGHT UP AND FORM SEPARATE SUMMITS
mtn0095 WHILE THE CROOKED SUBORDINATE BRANCHES ASPIRE AND RADIATE AND DROOP IN ORNAMENTAL SPRAYS
mtn0096 THE SLENDER GRAYISH GREEN NEEDLES ARE FROM EIGHT TO TWELVE INCHES LONG LOOSELY TASSELED
mtn0097 AND INCLINED TO DROOP IN HANDSOME CURVES CONTRASTING WITH THE STIFF DARK COLORED TRUNK
mtn0098 AND BRANCHES IN A VERY STRIKING MANNER NO OTHER TREE OF MY ACQUAINTANCE SO SUBSTANTIAL IN BODY
mtn0099 IS IN ITS FOLIAGE SO THIN AND SO PERVIOUS TO THE LIGHT
mtn0100 THE SUNBEAMS SIFT THROUGH EVEN THE LEAFIEST TREES WITH SCARCELY ANY INTERRUPTION
mtn0101 AND THE WEARY HEATED TRAVELER FINDS BUT LITTLE PROTECTION IN THEIR SHADE
mtn0102 THE GENEROUS CROP OF NUTRITIOUS NUTS WHICH THE NUT PINE YIELDS MAKES IT A FAVORITE WITH INDIANS BEARS AND SQUIRRELS
mtn0103 THE CONES ARE MOST BEAUTIFUL MEASURING FROM FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES IN LENGTH
mtn0104 AND NOT MUCH LESS IN THICKNESS RICH CHOCOLATE BROWN IN COLOR AND PROTECTED BY STRONG DOWN CURVING HOOKS
mtn0105 WHICH TERMINATE THE SCALES NEVERTHELESS THE LITTLE DOUGLAS SQUIRREL CAN OPEN THEM
mtn0106 INDIANS GATHERING THE RIPE NUTS MAKE A STRIKING PICTURE THE MEN CLIMB THE TREES LIKE BEARS
mtn0107 AND BEAT OFF THE CONES WITH STICKS
mtn0108 OR RECKLESSLY CUT OFF THE MORE FRUITFUL BRANCHES WITH HATCHETS WHILE THE SQUAWS GATHER THE BIG GENEROUS CONES AND ROAST THEM UNTIL THE SCALES OPEN SUFFICIENTLY
mtn0109 TO ALLOW THE HARD SHELLED SEEDS TO BE BEATEN OUT THEN IN THE COOL EVENINGS MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH
mtn0110 THEIR CAPACITY FOR DIRT GREATLY INCREASED BY THE SOFT RESIN WITH WHICH THEY ARE ALL BEDRAGGLED
mtn0111 FORM CIRCLES AROUND CAMP FIRES ON THE BANK OF THE NEAREST STREAM
mtn0112 AND LIE IN EASY INDEPENDENCE CRACKING NUTS AND LAUGHING AND CHATTERING AS HEEDLESS OF THE FUTURE
mtn0113 AS THE SQUIRRELS PINUS TUBERCULATA THIS CURIOUS LITTLE PINE IS FOUND AT AN ELEVATION OF FROM FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO THREE THOUSAND FEET
mtn0114 GROWING IN CLOSE WILLOWY GROVES IT IS EXCEEDINGLY SLENDER AND GRACEFUL IN HABIT
mtn0115 ALTHOUGH TREES THAT CHANCE TO STAND ALONE OUTSIDE THE GROVES SWEEP FORTH LONG CURVED BRANCHES PRODUCING A STRIKING CONTRAST TO THE ORDINARY GROVE FORM
mtn0116 THE FOLIAGE IS OF THE SAME PECULIAR GRAY GREEN COLOR AS THAT OF THE NUT PINE AND
mtn0117 IS WORN ABOUT AS LOOSELY SO THAT THE BODY OF THE TREE IS SCARCELY OBSCURED BY IT
mtn0118 AT THE AGE OF SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS IT BEGINS TO BEAR CONES NOT ON BRANCHES
mtn0119 BUT ON THE MAIN AXIS AND AS THEY NEVER FALL OFF THE TRUNK IS SOON PICTURESQUELY DOTTED WITH THEM
mtn0120 THE BRANCHES ALSO BECOME FRUITFUL AFTER THEY ATTAIN SUFFICIENT SIZE
mtn0121 THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THE OLDER TREES IS ABOUT THIRTY OR FORTY FEET IN HEIGHT
mtn0122 AND TWELVE TO FOURTEEN INCHES IN DIAMETER THE CONES ARE ABOUT FOUR INCHES LONG EXCEEDINGLY HARD
mtn0123 AND COVERED WITH A SORT OF SILICIOUS VARNISH AND GUM RENDERING THEM IMPERVIOUS TO MOISTURE
mtn0124 EVIDENTLY WITH A VIEW TO THE CAREFUL PRESERVATION OF THE SEEDS
mtn0125 NO OTHER CONIFER IN THE RANGE IS SO CLOSELY RESTRICTED TO SPECIAL LOCALITIES
mtn0126 IT IS USUALLY FOUND APART STANDING DEEP IN CHAPARRAL ON SUNNY HILL AND CANON SIDES
mtn0127 WHERE THERE IS BUT LITTLE DEPTH OF SOIL AND WHERE FOUND AT ALL IT IS QUITE PLENTIFUL
mtn0128 BUT THE ORDINARY TRAVELER FOLLOWING CARRIAGE ROADS AND TRAILS MAY ASCEND THE RANGE MANY TIMES WITHOUT MEETING IT
mtn0129 WHILE EXPLORING THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MERCED CANON I FOUND A LONELY MINER SEEKING HIS FORTUNE IN A QUARTZ VEIN
mtn0130 ON A WILD MOUNTAIN SIDE PLANTED WITH THIS SINGULAR TREE HE TOLD ME THAT HE CALLED IT THE HICKORY PINE
mtn0131 BECAUSE OF THE WHITENESS AND TOUGHNESS OF THE WOOD IT IS SO LITTLE KNOWN HOWEVER
mtn0132 THAT IT CAN HARDLY BE SAID TO HAVE A COMMON NAME
mtn0133 MOST MOUNTAINEERS REFER TO IT AS THAT QUEER LITTLE PINE TREE COVERED ALL OVER WITH BURS
mtn0134 IN MY STUDIES OF THIS SPECIES I FOUND A VERY INTERESTING AND SIGNIFICANT GROUP OF FACTS
mtn0135 WHOSE RELATIONS WILL BE SEEN ALMOST AS SOON AS STATED FIRST
mtn0136 ALL THE TREES IN THE GROVES I EXAMINED HOWEVER UNEQUAL IN SIZE ARE OF THE SAME AGE
mtn0137 SECOND THOSE GROVES ARE ALL PLANTED ON DRY HILLSIDES COVERED WITH CHAPARRAL
mtn0138 AND THEREFORE ARE LIABLE TO BE SWEPT BY FIRE THIRD THERE ARE NO SEEDLINGS OR SAPLINGS
mtn0139 IN OR ABOUT THE LIVING GROVES BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A FINE HOPEFUL CROP SPRINGING UP ON THE GROUND
mtn0140 ONCE OCCUPIED BY ANY GROVE THAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE BURNING OF THE CHAPARRAL
mtn0141 FOURTH THE CONES NEVER FALL OFF AND NEVER DISCHARGE THEIR SEEDS UNTIL THE TREE OR BRANCH TO WHICH THEY BELONG DIES
mtn0142 A FULL DISCUSSION OF THE BEARING OF THESE FACTS UPON ONE ANOTHER WOULD PERHAPS BE OUT OF PLACE HERE BUT
mtn0143 I MAY AT LEAST CALL ATTENTION TO THE ADMIRABLE ADAPTATION OF THE TREE TO
mtn0144 THE FIRE SWEPT REGIONS WHERE ALONE IT IS FOUND AFTER A GROVE HAS BEEN DESTROYED
mtn0145 THE GROUND IS AT ONCE SOWN LAVISHLY WITH ALL THE SEEDS RIPENED DURING ITS WHOLE LIFE
mtn0146 WHICH SEEM TO HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY HELD IN STORE WITH REFERENCE TO SUCH A CALAMITY
mtn0147 THEN A YOUNG GROVE IMMEDIATELY SPRINGS UP GIVING BEAUTY FOR ASHES SUGAR PINE PINUS LAMBERTIANA
mtn0148 THIS IS THE NOBLEST PINE YET DISCOVERED SURPASSING ALL OTHERS NOT MERELY IN SIZE
mtn0149 BUT ALSO IN KINGLY BEAUTY AND MAJESTY
mtn0150 IT TOWERS SUBLIMELY FROM EVERY RIDGE AND CANON OF THE RANGE AT AN ELEVATION OF FROM THREE TO SEVEN THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SEA
mtn0151 ATTAINING MOST PERFECT DEVELOPMENT AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND FEET
mtn0152 FULL GROWN SPECIMENS ARE COMMONLY ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET HIGH AND FROM SIX TO EIGHT FEET IN DIAMETER NEAR THE GROUND
mtn0153 THOUGH SOME GRAND OLD PATRIARCH IS OCCASIONALLY MET THAT HAS ENJOYED FIVE OR SIX CENTURIES OF STORMS
mtn0154 AND ATTAINED A THICKNESS OF TEN OR EVEN TWELVE FEET LIVING ON UNDECAYED
mtn0155 SWEET AND FRESH IN EVERY FIBER IN SOUTHERN OREGON WHERE IT WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY DAVID DOUGLAS
mtn0156 ON THE HEAD WATERS OF THE UMPQUA IT ATTAINS STILL GRANDER DIMENSIONS ONE SPECIMEN HAVING BEEN MEASURED
mtn0157 THAT WAS TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE FEET HIGH AND OVER EIGHTEEN FEET IN DIAMETER
mtn0158 THREE FEET FROM THE GROUND THE DISCOVERER WAS THE DOUGLAS FOR WHOM THE NOBLE DOUGLAS SPRUCE IS NAMED
mtn0159 AND MANY OTHER PLANTS WHICH WILL KEEP HIS MEMORY SWEET AND FRESH
mtn0160 AS LONG AS TREES AND FLOWERS ARE LOVED HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE PACIFIC COAST
mtn0161 WAS MADE IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN TWENTY FIVE THE OREGON INDIANS WATCHED HIM WITH CURIOSITY
mtn0162 AS HE WANDERED IN THE WOODS COLLECTING SPECIMENS
mtn0163 AND UNLIKE THE FUR GATHERING STRANGERS THEY HAD HITHERTO KNOWN CARING NOTHING ABOUT TRADE
mtn0164 AND WHEN AT LENGTH THEY CAME TO KNOW HIM BETTER
mtn0165 AND SAW THAT FROM YEAR TO YEAR THE GROWING THINGS OF THE WOODS AND PRAIRIES WERE HIS ONLY OBJECTS OF PURSUIT
mtn0166 THEY CALLED HIM THE MAN OF GRASS A TITLE OF WHICH HE WAS PROUD
mtn0167 DURING HIS FIRST SUMMER ON THE WATERS OF THE COLUMBIA HE MADE FORT VANCOUVER HIS HEADQUARTERS
mtn0168 MAKING EXCURSIONS FROM THIS HUDSON BAY POST IN EVERY DIRECTION
mtn0169 ON ONE OF HIS LONG TRIPS HE SAW IN AN INDIAN'S POUCH SOME
mtn0170 OF THE SEEDS OF A NEW SPECIES OF PINE WHICH HE LEARNED WERE OBTAINED FROM A VERY LARGE TREE
mtn0171 FAR TO THE SOUTHWARD OF THE COLUMBIA
mtn0172 AT THE END OF THE NEXT SUMMER RETURNING TO FORT VANCOUVER AFTER THE SETTING IN OF THE WINTER RAINS
mtn0173 BEARING IN MIND THE BIG PINE HE HAD HEARD OF
mtn0174 HE SET OUT ON AN EXCURSION UP THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY IN SEARCH OF IT
mtn0175 AND HOW HE FARED AND WHAT DANGERS AND HARDSHIPS HE ENDURED
mtn0176 ARE BEST TOLD IN HIS OWN JOURNAL FROM WHICH I QUOTE AS FOLLOWS OCTOBER TWENTY SIX
mtn0177 EIGHTEEN TWENTY SIX WEATHER DULL COLD AND CLOUDY
mtn0178 WHEN MY FRIENDS IN ENGLAND ARE MADE ACQUAINTED WITH MY TRAVELS I FEAR THEY WILL THINK
mtn0179 I HAVE TOLD THEM NOTHING BUT MY MISERIES I QUITTED MY CAMP EARLY IN THE MORNING TO SURVEY THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRY
mtn0180 LEAVING MY GUIDE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE HORSES UNTIL MY RETURN IN THE EVENING
mtn0181 ABOUT AN HOUR'S WALK FROM THE CAMP I MET AN INDIAN
mtn0182 WHO ON PERCEIVING ME INSTANTLY STRUNG HIS BOW
mtn0183 PLACED ON HIS LEFT ARM A SLEEVE OF RACCOON SKIN AND STOOD ON THE DEFENSIVE
mtn0184 BEING QUITE SURE THAT CONDUCT WAS PROMPTED BY FEAR AND NOT BY HOSTILE INTENTIONS
mtn0185 THE POOR FELLOW HAVING PROBABLY NEVER SEEN SUCH A BEING AS MYSELF BEFORE
mtn0186 I LAID MY GUN AT MY FEET ON THE GROUND AND WAVED MY HAND FOR HIM TO COME TO ME
mtn0187 WHICH HE DID SLOWLY AND WITH GREAT CAUTION I THEN MADE HIM PLACE HIS BOW AND QUIVER OF ARROWS BESIDE MY GUN
mtn0188 AND STRIKING A LIGHT GAVE HIM A SMOKE OUT OF MY OWN PIPE
mtn0189 AND A PRESENT OF A FEW BEADS WITH MY PENCIL I MADE A ROUGH SKETCH
mtn0190 OF THE CONE AND PINE TREE WHICH I WANTED TO OBTAIN AND DREW HIS ATTENTION TO IT
mtn0191 WHEN HE INSTANTLY POINTED WITH HIS HAND TO THE HILLS FIFTEEN OR TWENTY MILES DISTANT TOWARDS THE SOUTH
mtn0192 AND WHEN I EXPRESSED MY INTENTION OF GOING THITHER CHEERFULLY SET OUT TO ACCOMPANY ME
mtn0193 AT MIDDAY I REACHED MY LONG WISHED FOR PINES
mtn0194 AND LOST NO TIME IN EXAMINING THEM AND ENDEAVORING TO COLLECT SPECIMENS AND SEEDS
mtn0195 NEW AND STRANGE THINGS SELDOM FAIL TO MAKE STRONG IMPRESSIONS AND ARE THEREFORE FREQUENTLY OVER RATED SO
mtn0196 THAT LEST I SHOULD NEVER SEE MY FRIENDS IN ENGLAND TO INFORM THEM VERBALLY
mtn0197 OF THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL AND IMMENSELY GRAND TREE I SHALL HERE STATE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE LARGEST I COULD FIND
mtn0198 AMONG SEVERAL THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN DOWN BY THE WIND
mtn0199 AT THREE FEET FROM THE GROUND ITS CIRCUMFERENCE IS FIFTY SEVEN FEET NINE INCHES
mtn0200 AT A HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR FEET SEVENTEEN FEET FIVE INCHES THE EXTREME LENGTH
mtn0201 TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE FEET AS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE EITHER TO CLIMB THE TREE OR HEW IT DOWN
mtn0202 I ENDEAVORED TO KNOCK OFF THE CONES BY FIRING AT THEM WITH BALL
mtn0203 WHEN THE REPORT OF MY GUN BROUGHT EIGHT INDIANS ALL OF THEM PAINTED WITH RED EARTH ARMED WITH BOWS
mtn0204 ARROWS BONE TIPPED SPEARS AND FLINT KNIVES THEY APPEARED ANYTHING BUT FRIENDLY
mtn0205 I EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT I WANTED AND THEY SEEMED SATISFIED AND SAT DOWN TO SMOKE
mtn0206 BUT PRESENTLY I SAW ONE OF THEM STRING HIS BOW AND ANOTHER SHARPEN HIS FLINT KNIFE
mtn0207 WITH A PAIR OF WOODEN PINCERS AND SUSPEND IT OFF THE WRIST OF HIS RIGHT HAND
mtn0208 FURTHER TESTIMONY OF THEIR INTENTIONS WAS UNNECESSARY TO SAVE MYSELF BY FLIGHT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
mtn0209 SO WITHOUT HESITATION I STEPPED BACK ABOUT FIVE PACES COCKED MY GUN
mtn0210 DREW ONE OF THE PISTOLS OUT OF MY BELT
mtn0211 AND HOLDING IT IN MY LEFT HAND AND THE GUN IN MY RIGHT
mtn0212 SHOWED MYSELF DETERMINED TO FIGHT FOR MY LIFE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE I ENDEAVORED TO PRESERVE MY COOLNESS
mtn0213 AND THUS WE STOOD LOOKING AT ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT MAKING ANY MOVEMENT
mtn0214 OR UTTERING A WORD FOR PERHAPS TEN MINUTES
mtn0215 WHEN ONE AT LAST WHO SEEMED TO BE THE LEADER GAVE A SIGN THAT THEY WISHED FOR SOME TOBACCO
mtn0216 THIS I SIGNIFIED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE IF THEY FETCHED A QUANTITY OF CONES
mtn0217 THEY WENT OFF IMMEDIATELY IN SEARCH OF THEM AND NO SOONER WERE THEY ALL OUT OF SIGHT
mtn0218 THAN I PICKED UP MY THREE CONES AND SOME TWIGS OF THE TREES
mtn0219 AND MADE THE QUICKEST POSSIBLE RETREAT HURRYING BACK TO THE CAMP WHICH I REACHED BEFORE DUSK
mtn0220 I NOW WRITE LYING ON THE GRASS WITH MY GUN COCKED BESIDE ME AND PENNING THESE LINES
mtn0221 BY THE LIGHT OF MY COLUMBIAN CANDLE NAMELY AN IGNITED PIECE OF ROSIN WOOD
mtn0222 THIS GRAND PINE DISCOVERED UNDER SUCH EXCITING CIRCUMSTANCES DOUGLAS NAMED IN HONOR OF HIS FRIEND DR LAMBERT
mtn0223 OF LONDON THE TRUNK IS A SMOOTH ROUND DELICATELY TAPERED SHAFT MOSTLY WITHOUT LIMBS
mtn0224 AND COLORED RICH PURPLISH BROWN USUALLY ENLIVENED WITH TUFTS OF YELLOW LICHEN AT
mtn0225 THE TOP OF THIS MAGNIFICENT BOLE LONG CURVING BRANCHES SWEEP GRACEFULLY OUTWARD AND DOWNWARD
mtn0226 SOMETIMES FORMING A PALM LIKE CROWN BUT FAR MORE NOBLY IMPRESSIVE THAN ANY PALM CROWN I EVER BEHELD
mtn0227 THE NEEDLES ARE ABOUT THREE INCHES LONG FINELY TEMPERED AND ARRANGED IN RATHER CLOSE TASSELS
mtn0228 AT THE ENDS OF SLENDER BRANCHLETS THAT CLOTHE THE LONG OUTSWEEPING LIMBS
mtn0229 HOW WELL THEY SING IN THE WIND AND HOW STRIKINGLY HARMONIOUS AN EFFECT IS MADE
mtn0230 BY THE IMMENSE CYLINDRICAL CONES THAT DEPEND LOOSELY FROM THE ENDS OF THE MAIN BRANCHES
mtn0231 NO ONE KNOWS WHAT NATURE CAN DO IN THE WAY OF PINE BURS UNTIL HE HAS SEEN THOSE OF THE SUGAR PINE
mtn0232 THEY ARE COMMONLY FROM FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN INCHES LONG AND THREE IN DIAMETER
mtn0233 GREEN SHADED WITH DARK PURPLE ON THEIR SUNWARD SIDES THEY ARE RIPE IN SEPTEMBER
mtn0234 AND OCTOBER THEN THE FLAT SCALES OPEN AND THE SEEDS TAKE WING
mtn0235 BUT THE EMPTY CONES BECOME STILL MORE BEAUTIFUL AND EFFECTIVE FOR
mtn0236 THEIR DIAMETER IS NEARLY DOUBLED BY THE SPREADING OF THE SCALES
mtn0237 AND THEIR COLOR CHANGES TO A WARM YELLOWISH BROWN
mtn0238 WHILE THEY REMAIN SWINGING ON THE TREE ALL THE FOLLOWING WINTER AND SUMMER
mtn0239 AND CONTINUE EFFECTIVELY BEAUTIFUL EVEN ON THE GROUND MANY YEARS AFTER THEY FALL
mtn0240 THE WOOD IS DELICIOUSLY FRAGRANT AND FINE IN GRAIN AND TEXTURE IT
mtn0241 IS OF A RICH CREAM YELLOW AS IF FORMED OF CONDENSED SUNBEAMS RETINOSPORA OBTUSA SIEBOLD
mtn0242 THE GLORY OF EASTERN FORESTS IS CALLED FU SI NO KI TREE OF THE SUN BY THE JAPANESE
mtn0243 THE SUGAR PINE IS THE SUN TREE OF THE SIERRA
mtn0244 UNFORTUNATELY IT IS GREATLY PRIZED BY THE LUMBERMEN AND IN ACCESSIBLE PLACES IS ALWAYS THE FIRST TREE IN THE WOODS TO FEEL THEIR STEEL
mtn0245 BUT THE REGULAR LUMBERMEN WITH THEIR SAW MILLS HAVE BEEN LESS GENERALLY DESTRUCTIVE THUS FAR THAN THE SHINGLE MAKERS
mtn0246 THE WOOD SPLITS FREELY AND THERE IS A CONSTANT DEMAND FOR THE SHINGLES
mtn0247 AND BECAUSE AN AX AND SAW AND FROW ARE ALL THE CAPITAL REQUIRED FOR THE BUSINESS
mtn0248 MANY OF THAT DRIFTING UNSTEADY CLASS OF MEN SO LARGE IN CALIFORNIA
mtn0249 ENGAGE IN IT FOR A FEW MONTHS IN THE YEAR WHEN PROSPECTORS HUNTERS RANCH HANDS ETC
mtn0250 TOUCH THEIR BOTTOM DOLLAR AND FIND THEMSELVES OUT OF EMPLOYMENT THEY SAY WELL
mtn0251 I CAN AT LEAST GO TO THE SUGAR PINES AND MAKE SHINGLES
mtn0252 A FEW POSTS ARE SET IN THE GROUND AND A SINGLE LENGTH CUT FROM THE FIRST TREE FELLED
mtn0253 PRODUCES BOARDS ENOUGH FOR THE WALLS AND ROOF OF A CABIN
mtn0254 ALL THE REST THE LUMBERMAN MAKES IS FOR SALE AND HE IS SPEEDILY INDEPENDENT NO
mtn0255 GARDENER OR HAYMAKER IS MORE SWEETLY PERFUMED THAN THESE ROUGH MOUNTAINEERS WHILE ENGAGED IN THIS BUSINESS
mtn0256 BUT THE HAVOC THEY MAKE IS MOST DEPLORABLE
mtn0257 THE SUGAR FROM WHICH THE COMMON NAME IS DERIVED IS TO MY TASTE THE BEST OF SWEETS
mtn0258 BETTER THAN MAPLE SUGAR IT EXUDES FROM THE HEART WOOD WHERE WOUNDS HAVE BEEN MADE
mtn0259 EITHER BY FOREST FIRES OR THE AX IN THE SHAPE OF IRREGULAR CRISP CANDY LIKE KERNELS
mtn0260 WHICH ARE CROWDED TOGETHER IN MASSES OF CONSIDERABLE SIZE LIKE CLUSTERS OF RESIN BEADS WHEN FRESH
mtn0261 IT IS PERFECTLY WHITE AND DELICIOUS BUT BECAUSE MOST OF THE WOUNDS ON WHICH IT IS FOUND HAVE BEEN MADE BY FIRE
mtn0262 THE EXUDING SAP IS STAINED ON THE CHARRED SURFACE AND THE HARDENED SUGAR BECOMES BROWN
mtn0263 INDIANS ARE FOND OF IT BUT ON ACCOUNT OF ITS LAXATIVE PROPERTIES ONLY SMALL QUANTITIES MAY BE EATEN
mtn0264 BEARS SO FOND OF SWEET THINGS IN GENERAL SEEM NEVER TO TASTE IT
mtn0265 AT LEAST I HAVE FAILED TO FIND ANY TRACE OF THEIR TEETH IN THIS CONNECTION
mtn0266 NO LOVER OF TREES WILL EVER FORGET HIS FIRST MEETING WITH THE SUGAR PINE
mtn0267 NOR WILL HE AFTERWARD NEED A POET TO CALL HIM TO LISTEN WHAT THE PINE TREE SAITH
mtn0268 IN MOST PINE TREES THERE IS A SAMENESS OF EXPRESSION WHICH TO MOST PEOPLE
mtn0269 IS APT TO BECOME MONOTONOUS FOR THE TYPICAL SPIRY FORM HOWEVER BEAUTIFUL
mtn0270 AFFORDS BUT LITTLE SCOPE FOR APPRECIABLE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER THE SUGAR PINE IS AS FREE FROM CONVENTIONALITIES OF FORM AND
mtn0271 MOTION AS ANY OAK NO TWO ARE ALIKE EVEN TO THE MOST INATTENTIVE OBSERVER
mtn0272 AND NOTWITHSTANDING THEY ARE EVER TOSSING OUT THEIR IMMENSE ARMS IN WHAT MIGHT SEEM MOST EXTRAVAGANT GESTURES
mtn0273 THERE IS A MAJESTY AND REPOSE ABOUT THEM THAT PRECLUDES ALL POSSIBILITY OF THE GROTESQUE
mtn0274 OR EVEN PICTURESQUE IN THEIR GENERAL EXPRESSION THEY ARE THE PRIESTS OF PINES
mtn0275 AND SEEM EVER TO BE ADDRESSING THE SURROUNDING FOREST
mtn0276 THE YELLOW PINE IS FOUND GROWING WITH THEM ON WARM HILLSIDES AND
mtn0277 THE WHITE SILVER FIR ON COOL NORTHERN SLOPES BUT NOBLE AS THESE ARE THE SUGAR PINE IS EASILY KING
mtn0278 AND SPREADS HIS ARMS ABOVE THEM IN BLESSING WHILE THEY ROCK AND WAVE IN SIGN OF RECOGNITION
mtn0279 THE MAIN BRANCHES ARE SOMETIMES FOUND TO BE FORTY FEET IN LENGTH YET PERSISTENTLY SIMPLE
mtn0280 SELDOM DIVIDING AT ALL EXCEPTING NEAR THE END
mtn0281 BUT ANYTHING LIKE A BARE CABLE APPEARANCE IS PREVENTED BY THE SMALL TASSELED BRANCHLETS
mtn0282 THAT EXTEND ALL AROUND THEM AND WHEN THESE SUPERB LIMBS SWEEP OUT SYMMETRICALLY ON ALL SIDES
mtn0283 A CROWN SIXTY OR SEVENTY FEET WIDE IS FORMED WHICH GRACEFULLY POISED ON THE SUMMIT OF THE NOBLE SHAFT
mtn0284 AND FILLED WITH SUNSHINE IS ONE OF THE MOST GLORIOUS FOREST OBJECTS CONCEIVABLE COMMONLY HOWEVER
mtn0285 THERE IS A GREAT PREPONDERANCE OF LIMBS TOWARD THE EAST AWAY FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE PREVAILING WINDS
mtn0286 NO OTHER PINE SEEMS TO ME SO UNFAMILIAR AND SELF CONTAINED IN APPROACHING IT
mtn0287 WE FEEL AS IF IN THE PRESENCE OF A SUPERIOR BEING
mtn0288 AND BEGIN TO WALK WITH A LIGHT STEP HOLDING OUR BREATH THEN PERCHANCE WHILE WE GAZE AWE STRICKEN
mtn0289 ALONG COMES A MERRY SQUIRREL CHATTERING AND LAUGHING TO BREAK THE SPELL
mtn0290 RUNNING UP THE TRUNK WITH NO CEREMONY AND GNAWING OFF THE CONES AS IF THEY WERE MADE ONLY FOR HIM
mtn0291 WHILE THE CARPENTER WOODPECKER HAMMERS AWAY AT THE BARK DRILLING HOLES IN WHICH TO STORE HIS WINTER SUPPLY OF ACORNS
mtn0292 ALTHOUGH SO WILD AND UNCONVENTIONAL WHEN FULL GROWN THE SUGAR PINE IS A REMARKABLY PROPER TREE IN YOUTH
mtn0293 THE OLD IS THE MOST ORIGINAL AND INDEPENDENT IN APPEARANCE OF ALL THE SIERRA EVERGREENS
mtn0294 THE YOUNG IS THE MOST REGULAR A STRICT FOLLOWER OF CONIFEROUS FASHIONS SLIM ERECT
mtn0295 WITH LEAFY SUPPLE BRANCHES KEPT EXACTLY IN PLACE EACH TAPERING IN OUTLINE
mtn0296 AND TERMINATING IN A SPIRY POINT THE SUCCESSIVE TRANSITIONAL FORMS PRESENTED BETWEEN THE CAUTIOUS NEATNESS OF YOUTH AND BOLD FREEDOM OF MATURITY
mtn0297 OFFER A DELIGHTFUL STUDY AT THE AGE OF FIFTY OR SIXTY YEARS THE SHY FASHIONABLE FORM
mtn0298 BEGINS TO BE BROKEN UP SPECIALIZED BRANCHES PUSH OUT IN THE MOST UNTHOUGHT OF PLACES
mtn0299 AND BEND WITH THE GREAT CONES AT ONCE MARKING INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER
mtn0300 AND THIS BEING CONSTANTLY AUGMENTED FROM YEAR TO YEAR BY THE VARYING ACTION OF THE SUNLIGHT WINDS SNOW STORMS ETC
mtn0301 THE INDIVIDUALITY OF THE TREE IS NEVER AGAIN LOST IN THE GENERAL FOREST
mtn0302 THE MOST CONSTANT COMPANION OF THIS SPECIES IS THE YELLOW PINE AND A WORTHY COMPANION IT IS
mtn0303 THE DOUGLAS SPRUCE LIBOCEDRUS SEQUOIA AND THE WHITE SILVER FIR ARE ALSO MORE OR LESS ASSOCIATED WITH IT
mtn0304 BUT ON MANY DEEP SOILED MOUNTAIN SIDES AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SEA
mtn0305 IT FORMS THE BULK OF THE FOREST FILLING EVERY SWELL AND HOLLOW AND DOWN PLUNGING RAVINE
mtn0306 THE MAJESTIC CROWNS APPROACHING EACH OTHER IN BOLD CURVES MAKE A GLORIOUS CANOPY
mtn0307 THROUGH WHICH THE TEMPERED SUNBEAMS POUR SILVERING THE NEEDLES AND GILDING THE MASSIVE BOLES
mtn0308 AND FLOWERY PARK LIKE GROUND INTO A SCENE OF ENCHANTMENT ON
mtn0309 THE MOST SUNNY SLOPES THE WHITE FLOWERED FRAGRANT CHAMOEBATIA IS SPREAD LIKE A CARPET BRIGHTENED DURING EARLY SUMMER WITH
mtn0310 THE CRIMSON SARCODES THE WILD ROSE AND INNUMERABLE VIOLETS AND GILIAS
mtn0311 NOT EVEN IN THE SHADIEST NOOKS WILL YOU FIND ANY RANK UNTIDY WEEDS OR UNWHOLESOME DARKNESS
mtn0312 ON THE NORTH SIDES OF RIDGES THE BOLES ARE MORE SLENDER AND
mtn0313 THE GROUND IS MOSTLY OCCUPIED BY AN UNDERBRUSH OF HAZEL CEANOTHUS AND FLOWERING DOGWOOD
mtn0314 BUT NEVER SO DENSELY AS TO PREVENT THE TRAVELER FROM SAUNTERING WHERE HE WILL
mtn0315 WHILE THE CROWNING BRANCHES ARE NEVER IMPENETRABLE TO THE RAYS OF THE SUN AND NEVER SO INTERBLENDED AS TO LOSE THEIR INDIVIDUALITY
mtn0316 VIEW THE FOREST FROM BENEATH OR FROM SOME COMMANDING RIDGE TOP EACH TREE PRESENTS A STUDY IN ITSELF
mtn0317 AND PROCLAIMS THE SURPASSING GRANDEUR OF THE SPECIES YELLOW OR SILVER PINE PINUS PONDEROSA
mtn0318 THE SILVER OR YELLOW PINE AS IT IS COMMONLY CALLED
mtn0319 RANKS SECOND AMONG THE PINES OF THE SIERRA AS A LUMBER TREE
mtn0320 AND ALMOST RIVALS THE SUGAR PINE IN STATURE AND NOBLENESS OF PORT
mtn0321 BECAUSE OF ITS SUPERIOR POWERS OF ENDURING VARIATIONS OF CLIMATE AND SOIL
mtn0322 IT HAS A MORE EXTENSIVE RANGE THAN ANY OTHER CONIFER GROWING ON THE SIERRA ON
mtn0323 THE WESTERN SLOPE IT IS FIRST MET AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT TWO THOUSAND FEET
mtn0324 AND EXTENDS NEARLY TO THE UPPER LIMIT OF THE TIMBER LINE THENCE
mtn0325 CROSSING THE RANGE BY THE LOWEST PASSES IT DESCENDS TO THE EASTERN BASE
mtn0326 AND PUSHES OUT FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE INTO THE HOT VOLCANIC PLAINS
mtn0327 GROWING BRAVELY UPON WELL WATERED MORAINES GRAVELLY LAKE BASINS ARCTIC RIDGES AND TORRID LAVA BEDS
mtn0328 PLANTING ITSELF UPON THE LIPS OF CRATERS FLOURISHING VIGOROUSLY EVEN THERE
mtn0329 AND TOSSING RIPE CONES AMONG THE ASHES AND CINDERS OF NATURE'S HEARTHS
mtn0330 THE AVERAGE SIZE OF FULL GROWN TREES ON THE WESTERN SLOPE WHERE IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUGAR PINE
mtn0331 IS A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED FEET IN HEIGHT AND FROM FIVE TO SIX FEET IN DIAMETER
mtn0332 THOUGH SPECIMENS MAY EASILY BE FOUND THAT ARE CONSIDERABLY LARGER I MEASURED ONE
mtn0333 GROWING AT AN ELEVATION OF FOUR THOUSAND FEET IN THE VALLEY OF THE MERCED
mtn0334 THAT IS A FEW INCHES OVER EIGHT FEET IN DIAMETER AND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET HIGH WHERE
mtn0335 THERE IS PLENTY OF FREE SUNSHINE AND OTHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
mtn0336 IT PRESENTS A STRIKING CONTRAST IN FORM TO THE SUGAR PINE
mtn0337 BEING A SYMMETRICAL SPIRE FORMED OF A STRAIGHT ROUND TRUNK
mtn0338 CLAD WITH INNUMERABLE BRANCHES THAT ARE DIVIDED OVER AND OVER AGAIN
mtn0339 ABOUT ONE HALF OF THE TRUNK IS COMMONLY BRANCHLESS
mtn0340 BUT WHERE IT GROWS AT ALL CLOSE THREE FOURTHS OR MORE BECOME NAKED
mtn0341 THE TREE PRESENTING THEN A MORE SLENDER AND ELEGANT SHAFT THAN ANY OTHER TREE IN THE WOODS
mtn0342 THE BARK IS MOSTLY ARRANGED IN MASSIVE PLATES SOME OF THEM MEASURING FOUR OR FIVE FEET IN LENGTH
mtn0343 BY EIGHTEEN INCHES IN WIDTH WITH A THICKNESS OF THREE OR FOUR INCHES
mtn0344 FORMING A QUITE MARKED AND DISTINGUISHING FEATURE THE NEEDLES ARE OF A FINE WARM YELLOW GREEN COLOR
mtn0345 SIX TO EIGHT INCHES LONG FIRM AND ELASTIC AND CROWDED IN HANDSOME RADIANT TASSELS
mtn0346 ON THE UPTURNING ENDS OF THE BRANCHES THE CONES ARE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR INCHES LONG AND TWO AND A HALF WIDE
mtn0347 GROWING IN CLOSE SESSILE CLUSTERS AMONG THE LEAVES THE SPECIES ATTAINS ITS NOBLEST FORM
mtn0348 IN FILLED UP LAKE BASINS ESPECIALLY IN THOSE OF THE OLDER YOSEMITES
mtn0349 AND SO PROMINENT A PART DOES IT FORM OF THEIR GROVES
mtn0350 THAT IT MAY WELL BE CALLED THE YOSEMITE PINE
mtn0351 RIPE SPECIMENS FAVORABLY SITUATED ARE ALMOST ALWAYS TWO HUNDRED FEET OR MORE IN HEIGHT
mtn0352 AND THE BRANCHES CLOTHE THE TRUNK NEARLY TO THE GROUND AS SEEN IN THE ILLUSTRATION
mtn0353 THE JEFFREY VARIETY ATTAINS ITS FINEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE RANGE IN
mtn0354 THE WIDE BASINS OF THE MCCLOUD AND PITT RIVERS WHERE IT FORMS MAGNIFICENT FORESTS SCARCELY INVADED BY ANY OTHER TREE
mtn0355 IT DIFFERS FROM THE ORDINARY FORM IN SIZE BEING ONLY ABOUT HALF AS TALL
mtn0356 AND IN ITS REDDER AND MORE CLOSELY FURROWED BARK GRAYISH GREEN FOLIAGE
mtn0357 LESS DIVIDED BRANCHES AND LARGER CONES BUT INTERMEDIATE FORMS COME IN WHICH MAKE A CLEAR SEPARATION IMPOSSIBLE
mtn0358 ALTHOUGH SOME BOTANISTS REGARD IT AS A DISTINCT SPECIES IT IS THIS VARIETY THAT CLIMBS STORM SWEPT RIDGES
mtn0359 AND WANDERS OUT AMONG THE VOLCANOES OF THE GREAT BASIN
mtn0360 WHETHER EXPOSED TO EXTREMES OF HEAT OR COLD IT IS DWARFED LIKE EVERY OTHER TREE AND BECOMES ALL KNOTS AND ANGLES
mtn0361 WHOLLY UNLIKE THE MAJESTIC FORMS WE HAVE BEEN SKETCHING OLD SPECIMENS BEARING CONES ABOUT AS BIG AS PINEAPPLES
mtn0362 MAY SOMETIMES BE FOUND CLINGING TO RIFTED ROCKS AT AN ELEVATION OF SEVEN OR EIGHT THOUSAND FEET
mtn0363 WHOSE HIGHEST BRANCHES SCARCE REACH ABOVE ONE'S SHOULDERS I HAVE OFTENTIMES FEASTED ON THE BEAUTY OF THESE NOBLE TREES
mtn0364 WHEN THEY WERE TOWERING IN ALL THEIR WINTER GRANDEUR LADEN WITH SNOW ONE MASS OF BLOOM
mtn0365 IN SUMMER TOO WHEN THE BROWN STAMINATE CLUSTERS HANG THICK AMONG THE SHIMMERING NEEDLES
mtn0366 AND THE BIG PURPLE BURS ARE RIPENING IN THE MELLOW LIGHT
mtn0367 BUT IT IS DURING CLOUDLESS WIND STORMS THAT THESE COLOSSAL PINES ARE MOST IMPRESSIVELY BEAUTIFUL
mtn0368 THEN THEY BOW LIKE WILLOWS THEIR LEAVES STREAMING FORWARD ALL IN ONE DIRECTION
mtn0369 AND WHEN THE SUN SHINES UPON THEM AT THE REQUIRED ANGLE
mtn0370 ENTIRE GROVES GLOW AS IF EVERY LEAF WERE BURNISHED SILVER
mtn0371 THE FALL OF TROPIC LIGHT ON THE ROYAL CROWN OF A PALM IS A TRULY GLORIOUS SPECTACLE
mtn0372 THE FERVID SUN FLOOD BREAKING UPON THE GLOSSY LEAVES IN LONG LANCE RAYS
mtn0373 LIKE MOUNTAIN WATER AMONG BOULDERS BUT TO ME THERE IS SOMETHING MORE IMPRESSIVE IN THE FALL OF LIGHT UPON THESE SILVER PINES
mtn0374 IT SEEMS BEATEN TO THE FINEST DUST
mtn0375 AND IS SHED OFF IN MYRIADS OF MINUTE SPARKLES THAT SEEM TO COME FROM THE VERY HEART OF THE TREES
mtn0376 AS IF LIKE RAIN FALLING UPON FERTILE SOIL IT HAD BEEN ABSORBED TO REAPPEAR IN FLOWERS OF LIGHT
mtn0377 THIS SPECIES ALSO GIVES FORTH THE FINEST MUSIC TO THE WIND
mtn0378 AFTER LISTENING TO IT IN ALL KINDS OF WINDS NIGHT AND DAY SEASON AFTER SEASON
mtn0379 I THINK I COULD APPROXIMATE TO MY POSITION ON THE MOUNTAINS BY THIS PINE MUSIC ALONE
mtn0380 IF YOU WOULD CATCH THE TONES OF SEPARATE NEEDLES CLIMB A TREE THEY ARE WELL TEMPERED
mtn0381 AND GIVE FORTH NO UNCERTAIN SOUND EACH STANDING OUT WITH NO INTERFERENCE EXCEPTING DURING HEAVY GALES
mtn0382 THEN YOU MAY DETECT THE CLICK OF ONE NEEDLE UPON ANOTHER READILY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THEIR FREE
mtn0383 WING LIKE HUM SOME IDEA OF THEIR TEMPER MAY BE DRAWN FROM THE FACT THAT
mtn0384 NOTWITHSTANDING THEY ARE SO LONG THE VIBRATIONS THAT GIVE RISE TO THE PECULIAR SHIMMERING OF THE LIGHT
mtn0385 ARE MADE AT THE RATE OF ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PER MINUTE
mtn0386 WHEN A SUGAR PINE AND ONE OF THIS SPECIES EQUAL IN SIZE ARE OBSERVED TOGETHER
mtn0387 THE LATTER IS SEEN TO BE FAR MORE SIMPLE IN MANNERS MORE LITHELY GRACEFUL
mtn0388 AND ITS BEAUTY IS OF A KIND MORE EASILY APPRECIATED BUT THEN IT IS ON THE OTHER HAND
mtn0389 MUCH LESS DIGNIFIED AND ORIGINAL IN DEMEANOR THE SILVER PINE SEEMS EAGER TO SHOOT ALOFT
mtn0390 EVEN WHILE IT IS DROWSING IN AUTUMN SUN GOLD YOU MAY STILL DETECT A SKYWARD ASPIRATION
mtn0391 BUT THE SUGAR PINE SEEMS TOO UNCONSCIOUSLY NOBLE AND TOO COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY
mtn0392 TO LEAVE ROOM FOR EVEN A HEAVENWARD CARE DOUGLAS SPRUCE PSEUDOTSUGA DOUGLASII
mtn0393 THIS TREE IS THE KING OF THE SPRUCES AS THE SUGAR PINE IS KING OF PINES
mtn0394 IT IS BY FAR THE MOST MAJESTIC SPRUCE I EVER BEHELD IN ANY FOREST
mtn0395 AND ONE OF THE LARGEST AND LONGEST LIVED OF THE GIANTS THAT FLOURISH THROUGHOUT THE MAIN PINE BELT
mtn0396 OFTEN ATTAINING A HEIGHT OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED FEET AND A DIAMETER OF SIX OR SEVEN
mtn0397 WHERE THE GROWTH IS NOT TOO CLOSE THE STRONG SPREADING BRANCHES COME MORE THAN HALFWAY DOWN THE TRUNK
mtn0398 AND THESE ARE HUNG WITH INNUMERABLE SLENDER SWAYING SPRAYS THAT ARE HANDSOMELY FEATHERED
mtn0399 WITH THE SHORT LEAVES WHICH RADIATE AT RIGHT ANGLES ALL AROUND THEM
mtn0400 THIS VIGOROUS SPRUCE IS EVER BEAUTIFUL WELCOMING THE MOUNTAIN WINDS AND THE SNOW AS WELL AS THE MELLOW SUMMER LIGHT
mtn0401 AND MAINTAINING ITS YOUTHFUL FRESHNESS UNDIMINISHED FROM CENTURY TO CENTURY THROUGH A THOUSAND STORMS
mtn0402 IT MAKES ITS FINEST APPEARANCE IN THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY THE RICH BROWN BUDS
mtn0403 WITH WHICH ITS SPRAYS ARE TIPPED SWELL AND BREAK ABOUT THIS TIME REVEALING THE YOUNG LEAVES
mtn0404 WHICH AT FIRST ARE BRIGHT YELLOW MAKING THE TREE APPEAR AS IF COVERED WITH GAY BLOSSOMS
mtn0405 WHILE THE PENDULOUS BRACTED CONES WITH THEIR SHELL LIKE SCALES ARE A CONSTANT ADORNMENT
mtn0406 THE YOUNG TREES ARE MOSTLY GATHERED INTO BEAUTIFUL FAMILY GROUPS EACH SAPLING EXQUISITELY SYMMETRICAL
mtn0407 THE PRIMARY BRANCHES ARE WHORLED REGULARLY AROUND THE AXIS GENERALLY IN FIVES WHILE EACH IS DRAPED WITH LONG FEATHERY SPRAYS
mtn0408 THAT DESCEND IN CURVES AS FREE AND AS FINELY DRAWN AS THOSE OF FALLING WATER
mtn0409 IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON IT GROWS IN DENSE FORESTS
mtn0410 GROWING TALL AND MAST LIKE TO A HEIGHT OF THREE HUNDRED FEET
mtn0411 AND IS GREATLY PRIZED AS A LUMBER TREE BUT IN THE SIERRA IT IS SCATTERED AMONG OTHER TREES
mtn0412 OR FORMS SMALL GROVES SELDOM ASCENDING HIGHER THAN FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET
mtn0413 AND NEVER MAKING WHAT WOULD BE CALLED A FOREST IT IS NOT PARTICULAR IN ITS CHOICE OF SOIL
mtn0414 WET OR DRY SMOOTH OR ROCKY IT MAKES OUT TO LIVE WELL ON THEM ALL
mtn0415 TWO OF THE LARGEST SPECIMENS I HAVE MEASURED ARE IN YOSEMITE VALLEY
mtn0416 ONE OF WHICH IS MORE THAN EIGHT FEET IN DIAMETER
mtn0417 AND IS GROWING UPON THE TERMINAL MORAINE OF THE RESIDUAL GLACIER THAT OCCUPIED THE SOUTH FORK CANON
mtn0418 THE OTHER IS NEARLY AS LARGE GROWING UPON ANGULAR BLOCKS OF GRANITE
mtn0419 THAT HAVE BEEN SHAKEN FROM THE PRECIPITOUS FRONT OF THE LIBERTY CAP NEAR THE NEVADA FALL
mtn0420 NO OTHER TREE SEEMS SO CAPABLE OF ADAPTING ITSELF TO EARTHQUAKE TALUSES
mtn0421 AND MANY OF THESE ROUGH BOULDER SLOPES ARE OCCUPIED BY IT ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY
mtn0422 ESPECIALLY IN YOSEMITE GORGES MOISTENED BY THE SPRAY OF WATERFALLS INCENSE CEDAR LIBOCEDRUS DECURRENS
mtn0423 THE INCENSE CEDAR IS ANOTHER OF THE GIANTS QUITE GENERALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THIS PORTION OF THE FOREST
mtn0424 WITHOUT EXCLUSIVELY OCCUPYING ANY CONSIDERABLE AREA OR EVEN MAKING EXTENSIVE GROVES
mtn0425 IT ASCENDS TO ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND FEET ON THE WARMER HILLSIDES
mtn0426 AND REACHES THE CLIMATE MOST CONGENIAL TO IT AT ABOUT FROM THREE THOUSAND TO FOUR THOUSAND FEET
mtn0427 GROWING VIGOROUSLY AT THIS ELEVATION ON ALL KINDS OF SOIL AND IN PARTICULAR IT IS CAPABLE OF ENDURING
mtn0428 MORE MOISTURE ABOUT ITS ROOTS THAN ANY OF ITS COMPANIONS EXCEPTING ONLY THE SEQUOIA
mtn0429 THE LARGEST SPECIMENS ARE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET HIGH AND SEVEN FEET IN DIAMETER
mtn0430 THE BARK IS BROWN OF A SINGULARLY RICH TONE VERY ATTRACTIVE TO ARTISTS
mtn0431 AND THE FOLIAGE IS TINTED WITH A WARMER YELLOW THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER EVERGREEN IN THE WOODS
mtn0432 CASTING YOUR EYE OVER THE GENERAL FOREST FROM SOME RIDGE TOP THE
mtn0433 COLOR ALONE OF ITS SPIRY SUMMITS IS SUFFICIENT TO IDENTIFY IT IN ANY COMPANY IN
mtn0434 YOUTH SAY UP TO THE AGE OF SEVENTY OR EIGHTY YEARS
mtn0435 NO OTHER TREE FORMS SO STRICTLY TAPERED A CONE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
mtn0436 THE BRANCHES SWOOP OUTWARD AND DOWNWARD IN BOLD CURVES EXCEPTING THE YOUNGER ONES NEAR THE TOP
mtn0437 WHICH ASPIRE WHILE THE LOWEST DROOP TO THE GROUND AND ALL SPREAD OUT IN FLAT FERNY PLUMES
mtn0438 BEAUTIFULLY FRONDED AND IMBRICATED UPON ONE ANOTHER AS IT BECOMES OLDER IT GROWS STRIKINGLY IRREGULAR AND PICTURESQUE
mtn0439 LARGE SPECIAL BRANCHES PUT OUT AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE TRUNK FORM BIG STUBBORN ELBOWS
mtn0440 AND THEN SHOOT UP PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS VERY OLD TREES ARE USUALLY DEAD AT THE TOP
mtn0441 THE MAIN AXIS PROTRUDING ABOVE AMPLE MASSES OF GREEN PLUMES GRAY AND LICHEN COVERED
mtn0442 AND DRILLED FULL OF ACORN HOLES BY THE WOODPECKERS THE PLUMES ARE EXCEEDINGLY BEAUTIFUL
mtn0443 NO WAVING FERN FROND IN SHADY DELL IS MORE UNRESERVEDLY BEAUTIFUL IN FORM AND TEXTURE OR
mtn0444 HALF SO INSPIRING IN COLOR AND SPICY FRAGRANCE IN ITS PRIME THE WHOLE TREE IS THATCHED WITH THEM SO
mtn0445 THAT THEY SHED OFF RAIN AND SNOW LIKE A ROOF MAKING FINE MANSIONS FOR STORM BOUND BIRDS AND MOUNTAINEERS
mtn0446 BUT IF YOU WOULD SEE THE LIBOCEDRUS IN ALL ITS GLORY YOU MUST GO TO THE WOODS IN WINTER
mtn0447 THEN IT IS LADEN WITH MYRIADS OF FOUR SIDED STAMINATE CONES ABOUT THE SIZE OF WHEAT GRAINS
mtn0448 WINTER WHEAT PRODUCING A GOLDEN TINGE AND FORMING A NOBLE ILLUSTRATION OF NATURE'S IMMORTAL VIGOR AND VIRILITY
mtn0449 THE FERTILE CONES ARE ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF AN INCH LONG BORNE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLUMY BRANCHLETS
mtn0450 WHERE THEY SERVE TO ENRICH STILL MORE THE SURPASSING BEAUTY OF THIS GRAND WINTER BLOOMING GOLDENROD
mtn0451 WHITE SILVER FIR ABIES CONCOLOR WE COME NOW TO THE MOST REGULARLY PLANTED OF ALL THE MAIN FOREST BELTS
mtn0452 COMPOSED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY OF TWO NOBLE FIRS A CONCOLOR AND A MAGNIFICA
mtn0453 IT EXTENDS WITH NO MARKED INTERRUPTION FOR FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES
mtn0454 AT AN ELEVATION OF FROM FIVE THOUSAND TO NEARLY NINE THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SEA
mtn0455 IN ITS YOUTH A CONCOLOR IS A CHARMINGLY SYMMETRICAL TREE
mtn0456 WITH BRANCHES REGULARLY WHORLED IN LEVEL COLLARS AROUND ITS WHITISH GRAY AXIS WHICH TERMINATES IN A STRONG
mtn0457 HOPEFUL SHOOT THE LEAVES ARE IN TWO HORIZONTAL ROWS ALONG BRANCHLETS THAT COMMONLY ARE LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS OLD
mtn0458 FORMING HANDSOME PLUMES PINNATED LIKE THE FRONDS OF FERNS THE CONES ARE GRAYISH GREEN WHEN RIPE CYLINDRICAL
mtn0459 ABOUT FROM THREE TO FOUR INCHES LONG BY ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES WIDE
mtn0460 AND STAND UPRIGHT ON THE UPPER BRANCHES FULL GROWN TREES FAVORABLY SITUATED AS TO SOIL AND EXPOSURE
mtn0461 ARE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED FEET HIGH AND FIVE OR SIX FEET IN DIAMETER NEAR THE GROUND
mtn0462 THOUGH LARGER SPECIMENS ARE BY NO MEANS RARE AS OLD AGE CREEPS ON
mtn0463 THE BARK BECOMES ROUGHER AND GRAYER THE BRANCHES LOSE THEIR EXACT REGULARITY
mtn0464 MANY ARE SNOW BENT OR BROKEN OFF AND THE MAIN AXIS OFTEN BECOMES DOUBLE OR OTHERWISE IRREGULAR
mtn0465 FROM ACCIDENTS TO THE TERMINAL BUD OR SHOOT BUT THROUGHOUT ALL THE VICISSITUDES OF ITS LIFE ON THE MOUNTAINS COME WHAT MAY
mtn0466 THE NOBLE GRANDEUR OF THE SPECIES IS PATENT TO EVERY EYE MAGNIFICENT SILVER FIR OR RED FIR
mtn0467 ABIES MAGNIFICA THIS IS THE MOST CHARMINGLY SYMMETRICAL OF ALL THE GIANTS OF THE SIERRA WOODS
mtn0468 FAR SURPASSING ITS COMPANION SPECIES IN THIS RESPECT
mtn0469 AND EASILY DISTINGUISHED FROM IT BY THE PURPLISH RED BARK WHICH IS ALSO MORE CLOSELY FURROWED THAN THAT OF THE WHITE
mtn0470 AND BY ITS LARGER CONES MORE REGULARLY WHORLED AND FRONDED BRANCHES AND BY ITS LEAVES
mtn0471 WHICH ARE SHORTER AND GROW ALL AROUND THE BRANCHLETS AND POINT UPWARD
mtn0472 IN SIZE THESE TWO SILVER FIRS ARE ABOUT EQUAL THE MAGNIFICA PERHAPS A LITTLE THE TALLER
mtn0473 SPECIMENS FROM TWO HUNDRED TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET HIGH ARE NOT RARE ON WELL GROUND MORAINE SOIL
mtn0474 AT AN ELEVATION OF FROM SEVENTY FIVE HUNDRED TO EIGHTY FIVE HUNDRED FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
mtn0475 THE LARGEST THAT I MEASURED STANDS BACK THREE MILES FROM THE BRINK OF THE NORTH WALL OF YOSEMITE VALLEY
mtn0476 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO IT WAS TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY FEET HIGH WITH
mtn0477 A DIAMETER OF A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE FEET
mtn0478 HAPPY THE MAN WITH THE FREEDOM AND THE LOVE TO CLIMB ONE OF THESE SUPERB TREES IN FULL FLOWER AND FRUIT
mtn0479 HOW ADMIRABLE THE FOREST WORK OF NATURE IS THEN SEEN TO BE
mtn0480 AS ONE MAKES HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE BROAD FRONDED BRANCHES
mtn0481 ALL ARRANGED IN EXQUISITE ORDER AROUND THE TRUNK LIKE THE WHORLED LEAVES OF LILIES
mtn0482 AND EACH BRANCH AND BRANCHLET ABOUT AS STRICTLY PINNATE AS THE MOST SYMMETRICAL FERN FROND
mtn0483 THE STAMINATE CONES ARE SEEN GROWING STRAIGHT DOWNWARD FROM THE UNDER SIDE OF THE YOUNG BRANCHES IN LAVISH PROFUSION
mtn0484 MAKING FINE PURPLE CLUSTERS AMID THE GRAYISH GREEN FOLIAGE ON
mtn0485 THE TOPMOST BRANCHES THE FERTILE CONES ARE SET FIRMLY ON END LIKE SMALL CASKS
mtn0486 THEY ARE ABOUT SIX INCHES LONG THREE WIDE COVERED WITH A FINE GRAY DOWN
mtn0487 AND STREAKED WITH CRYSTAL BALSAM THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN POURED UPON EACH CONE FROM ABOVE
mtn0488 BOTH THE SILVER FIRS LIVE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OR MORE
mtn0489 WHEN THE CONDITIONS ABOUT THEM ARE AT ALL FAVORABLE SOME VENERABLE PATRIARCH MAY OFTEN BE SEEN
mtn0490 HEAVILY STORM MARKED TOWERING IN SEVERE MAJESTY ABOVE THE RISING GENERATION WITH A PROTECTING GROVE OF SAPLINGS
mtn0491 PRESSING CLOSE AROUND HIS FEET EACH DRESSED WITH SUCH LOVING CARE THAT NOT A LEAF SEEMS WANTING
mtn0492 OTHER COMPANIES ARE MADE UP OF TREES NEAR THE PRIME OF LIFE EXQUISITELY HARMONIZED
mtn0493 TO ONE ANOTHER IN FORM AND GESTURE
mtn0494 AS IF NATURE HAD CULLED THEM ONE BY ONE WITH NICE DISCRIMINATION FROM ALL THE REST OF THE WOODS
mtn0495 IT IS FROM THIS TREE CALLED RED FIR BY THE LUMBERMAN THAT MOUNTAINEERS ALWAYS CUT BOUGHS TO SLEEP ON WHEN THEY ARE SO FORTUNATE AS TO BE WITHIN ITS LIMITS
mtn0496 TWO ROWS OF THE PLUSHY BRANCHES
mtn0497 OVERLAPPING ALONG THE MIDDLE AND A CRESCENT OF SMALLER PLUMES MIXED WITH FERNS AND FLOWERS FOR A PILLOW FORM
mtn0498 THE VERY BEST BED IMAGINABLE THE ESSENCES OF THE PRESSED LEAVES SEEM TO FILL EVERY PORE OF ONE'S BODY
mtn0499 THE SOUNDS OF FALLING WATER MAKE A SOOTHING HUSH WHILE THE SPACES BETWEEN THE GRAND SPIRES AFFORD NOBLE OPENINGS
mtn0500 THROUGH WHICH TO GAZE DREAMILY INTO THE STARRY SKY EVEN IN THE MATTER OF SENSUOUS EASE
mtn0501 ANY COMBINATION OF CLOTH STEEL SPRINGS AND FEATHERS SEEMS VULGAR IN COMPARISON
mtn0502 THE FIR WOODS ARE DELIGHTFUL SAUNTERING GROUNDS AT ANY TIME OF YEAR BUT MOST SO IN AUTUMN
mtn0503 THEN THE NOBLE TREES ARE HUSHED IN THE HAZY LIGHT AND DRIP WITH BALSAM
mtn0504 THE CONES ARE RIPE AND THE SEEDS WITH THEIR AMPLE PURPLE WINGS
mtn0505 MOTTLE THE AIR LIKE FLOCKS OF BUTTERFLIES WHILE DEER FEEDING IN THE FLOWERY OPENINGS BETWEEN THE GROVES
mtn0506 AND BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS IN THE BRANCHES MAKE A PLEASANT STIR
mtn0507 WHICH ENRICHES THE DEEP BROODING CALM OF THE WILDERNESS AND GIVES A PECULIAR IMPRESSIVENESS TO EVERY TREE
mtn0508 NO WONDER THE ENTHUSIASTIC DOUGLAS WENT WILD WITH JOY WHEN HE FIRST DISCOVERED THIS SPECIES
mtn0509 EVEN IN THE SIERRA WHERE SO MANY NOBLE EVERGREENS CHALLENGE ADMIRATION
mtn0510 WE LINGER AMONG THESE COLOSSAL FIRS WITH FRESH LOVE AND EXTOL THEIR BEAUTY AGAIN AND AGAIN
mtn0511 AS IF NO OTHER IN THE WORLD COULD HENCEFORTH CLAIM OUR REGARD
mtn0512 IT IS IN THESE WOODS THE GREAT GRANITE DOMES RISE THAT ARE SO STRIKING AND CHARACTERISTIC A FEATURE OF THE SIERRA AND
mtn0513 HERE TOO WE FIND THE BEST OF THE GARDEN MEADOWS THEY LIE LEVEL ON THE TOPS OF THE DIVIDING RIDGES
mtn0514 OR SLOPING ON THE SIDES OF THEM EMBEDDED IN THE MAGNIFICENT FOREST SOME OF THESE MEADOWS
mtn0515 ARE IN GREAT PART OCCUPIED BY VERATRUMALBA WHICH HERE GROWS RANK AND TALL
mtn0516 WITH BOAT SHAPED LEAVES THIRTEEN INCHES LONG AND TWELVE INCHES WIDE RIBBED LIKE THOSE OF CYPRIPEDIUM
mtn0517 COLUMBINE GROWS ON THE DRIER MARGINS WITH TALL LARKSPURS AND LUPINES WAIST DEEP IN GRASSES AND SEDGES
mtn0518 SEVERAL SPECIES OF CASTILLEIA ALSO MAKE A BRIGHT SHOW IN BEDS OF BLUE AND WHITE VIOLETS AND DAISIES
mtn0519 BUT THE GLORY OF THESE FOREST MEADOWS IS A LILY L PARVUM
mtn0520 THE FLOWERS ARE ORANGE COLORED AND QUITE SMALL THE SMALLEST I EVER SAW OF THE TRUE LILIES
mtn0521 BUT IT IS SHOWY NEVERTHELESS FOR IT IS SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET HIGH AND
mtn0522 WAVES MAGNIFICENT RACEMES OF TEN TO TWENTY FLOWERS OR MORE OVER ONE'S HEAD
mtn0523 WHILE IT STANDS OUT IN THE OPEN GROUND WITH JUST ENOUGH OF GRASS AND OTHER PLANTS ABOUT IT
mtn0524 TO MAKE A FRINGE FOR ITS FEET AND SHOW IT OFF TO BEST ADVANTAGE
mtn0525 A DRY SPOT A LITTLE WAY BACK FROM THE MARGIN OF A SILVER FIR LILY GARDEN MAKES A GLORIOUS CAMPGROUND
mtn0526 ESPECIALLY WHERE THE SLOPE IS TOWARD THE EAST AND OPENS A VIEW OF THE DISTANT PEAKS ALONG THE SUMMIT OF THE RANGE
mtn0527 THE TALL LILIES ARE BROUGHT FORWARD IN ALL THEIR GLORY BY THE LIGHT OF YOUR BLAZING CAMP FIRE
mtn0528 RELIEVED AGAINST THE OUTER DARKNESS AND THE NEAREST OF THE TREES WITH THEIR WHORLED BRANCHES TOWER ABOVE YOU LIKE LARGER LILIES
mtn0529 AND THE SKY SEEN THROUGH THE GARDEN OPENING SEEMS ONE VAST MEADOW OF WHITE LILY STARS
mtn0530 IN THE MORNING EVERYTHING IS JOYOUS AND BRIGHT THE DELICIOUS PURPLE OF THE DAWN CHANGES SOFTLY TO DAFFODIL YELLOW AND WHITE
mtn0531 WHILE THE SUNBEAMS POURING THROUGH THE PASSES BETWEEN THE PEAKS GIVE A MARGIN OF GOLD TO EACH OF THEM
mtn0532 THEN THE SPIRES OF THE FIRS IN THE HOLLOWS OF THE MIDDLE REGION CATCH THE GLOW
mtn0533 AND YOUR CAMP GROVE IS FILLED WITH LIGHT THE BIRDS BEGIN TO STIR
mtn0534 SEEKING SUNNY BRANCHES ON THE EDGE OF THE MEADOW FOR SUN BATHS AFTER THE COLD NIGHT
mtn0535 AND LOOKING FOR THEIR BREAKFASTS EVERY ONE OF THEM AS FRESH AS A LILY AND AS CHARMINGLY ARRAYED
mtn0536 INNUMERABLE INSECTS BEGIN TO DANCE THE DEER WITHDRAW FROM THE OPEN GLADES AND RIDGE TOPS TO THEIR LEAFY HIDING PLACES IN THE CHAPARRAL
mtn0537 THE FLOWERS OPEN AND STRAIGHTEN THEIR PETALS AS THE DEW VANISHES EVERY PULSE BEATS HIGH
mtn0538 EVERY LIFE CELL REJOICES THE VERY ROCKS SEEM TO TINGLE WITH LIFE AND
mtn0539 GOD IS FELT BROODING OVER EVERYTHING GREAT AND SMALL END OF CHAPTER EIGHT PART ONE

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