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Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11pennx (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department : WM. Stanley Ray, state printer of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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38 The Largest Sequoia in Eastern North America The bis Trees of California, also known as Redwoods and Sequoias are among the best known trees of Korth America. Few people know that a thrifty specimen of this wonderful tree is growing in Pennsylvania. It stands along the fence at the Pf ter^Arboretum near Lima, Delaware County and has attained a height of 50 feet. It is 26 inches in diameter at breast high and promises to live long. Tree experts say that it seems remarkable that this tree does so well in southeastern Pennsylvania. Every effort should be put for h to protect it. It may never reach the size of ^^e Sequoias of Cali- fornia, some of which are 30 feet in diameter and over 4,000 years old, but it does promise to develop into a big and wonderful tree An appropriate out-door exercise for nearby schools is to visit this rare tree, which is the largest of its kind in eastern North America. THE FORM AND STRUCTURE OF TREES 1. Form : Bv form is meant the generaf appearance of a tree. One can study the form of deciduous or broad-leaved trees best in win er when they are devoid of their foliage. After one is familiar with the general form of different trees it is possible to distinguish kinds even at a great distance. The form, together with the color and figure of the bark, is a character by which many of our trees may be accurately distinguished. The form of trees varies with the species, the environment, and the sylvicultural treatment. Some trees attain an enormous size and great age while others never become large or old. The Sequoias of California, also known as Redwoods and Big Trees, and the Cypre.ss trees o Mexico have representatives which are regarded the largest and oldest in exist- ence A section of a Big Tree now in the American Museum of Nat- ural'History in New York City shows that the tree when cut was 1,341 years'old. It was 90 feet in circumference at the base over 350 feet in height, and estimated by lumberman to contain 400,000 board feet of lumber. Probably the largest Cypress in the world stands in a churchyard about five miles from the City of Oaxaca, in Mexico. This tree has a circumference, according to recent meas- urements, of 154 feet 2 inches, 6 feet above the ground. It is about 125 feet high and, according to various estimators, can scarcely be less than 4,000 years old, and may possibly be over 5,000 years Specimens of this large size and great age have never been found in the State of Pennsylvania. Some of our native trees the Chest- nut White Oak, Red Oak, Tulip Tree, Hemlock, and White Pine
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Fig. 54. TIIK LAU<iKST SWllOIA IN KASTKllN NOUTIl AMKUICA It stands aloiiK a fi'iicc iioai- Lima, Chester couiity, Pa.

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