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The American Woods, Exhibited By Actual Specimens and with Copious Explanatory Text. Part VI. Representing Twenty-Five Species By Twenty-Five Sets of Sections
The American Woods, Exhibited By Actual Specimens and with Copious Explanatory Text. Part VI. Representing Twenty-Five Species By Twenty-Five Sets of Sections Summary:By Romeyn B. Hough
The wide-spread interest in tho woods of the Pacific Slope has prompted me to visit the marvelous forests of that region, that I may represent their varied wealth of species next in AMERICAN" WOODS. It is a region of unparalleled interest to the lover of trees, as he notes the scores of kinds which he finds there and nowhere else, while the size and density of growth of some of them, under the benign influence of the Pacific, can not fail to arouse in him feelings of admiration and awe. Indeed, I found myself loath to turn away from the contemplation of tree-growth there so grandly displayed, and not even the pouring of the winter rains in the valleys or the depth of snow upon the mountains deterred me from my purpose. Once night overtook us unexpectedly far above the snow line (in winter) without oven coats and vests on, so laborious had it been to make our way through the deep snow up to the home of the Big Trees, and so hotly does the sun even in winter sometimes beat down upon the Sierra Nevadas. The nights on the other hand are very cold, and luckily on that occasion we were able to seek shelter for the night at the home of a hermit, which had been deserted on the approach of winter for a more congenial clime down the mountain. Fortunate we thought we were, as the thick ice which formed that night, even within our cabin, convinced us. The next day our laborious journey was rewarded by a visit with the Sequoias, an experience which very few attempt in winter, and by nightfall we had succeeded in getting out and dragging down to the place where we had left our team a fine block of the wood, specimens from which the reader now has before him. Contrast this with a long tramp over the burning sands of the Colorado Desert, in quest of the Palo Verde and other trees of that region, with a bare-headed, long-haired Indian as assistant, whose powers of endurance against thirst and the intense heat are only equaled by those who, like him, are inured to it, and one has an idea of what collecting the woods in California means. Still, all of this has its fascination, notwithstanding the rough places. Among the pleasant experiences must be mentioned the occasional contact with those of kindred spirit, who are engaged in the study of the Botany of California, and their willingness to render assistance, by giving directions to important localities, etc. I wish particularly to mention in that connection assistance rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Brandegee and Miss Alice Eastwood, of the California Academy of Sciences, and Prof, and Mrs. J. G. Lemmon, Botanists, of Oakland, Cal. At San Bernardino it was my delight and good fortune to meet Mr. S. B. Parish, Author of Trees of Southern California, etc., who rendered me very valuable assistance, and who, with Mrs. Parish, made my stay in their locality among the pleasantest experiences of my California trip. Last, but by no means least, I wish to gratefully acknowledge the courtesies extended by Mr. C. P. Huntington, President of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, whose liberality in aiding the diffusion of knowledge of our trees is already attested by his contributions to the Jesup collection of Woods in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Part VI, AMERICAN WOODS, comprises the first installment of the woods of the Pacific Slope. Our present purpose is to continue the woods of that region in the parts of the series immediately following, Part VII being already well advanced. LOWVILLE, N. Y., March 5, 1895. Please select one mirror to download
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