The National Geographic Magazine, Volumes 98-99National Geographic Society, 1951 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 681
... trees , a threat that evoked the sarcasm of naturalist John Muir : " No doubt these trees would make good lumber after passing through a sawmill , as George Washington after passing through the hands of a French cook would have made ...
... trees , a threat that evoked the sarcasm of naturalist John Muir : " No doubt these trees would make good lumber after passing through a sawmill , as George Washington after passing through the hands of a French cook would have made ...
Page 691
... Trees 1,000 Years Old at Birth of Christ What a fabulous , enduring mechanism the Big Tree is ! The life span of some sequoias has paral- leled the recorded history of mankind for the last 3,000 years . Some , still vigorous , were ...
... Trees 1,000 Years Old at Birth of Christ What a fabulous , enduring mechanism the Big Tree is ! The life span of some sequoias has paral- leled the recorded history of mankind for the last 3,000 years . Some , still vigorous , were ...
Page 695
... Trees for their soft , brittle wood . This sequoia , perhaps 2,000 years old , was felled in the Dillonwood tract of the southern Sierra . Living , cream - colored sapwood ( positively not painted ! ) rings the dead , pink heartwood ...
... Trees for their soft , brittle wood . This sequoia , perhaps 2,000 years old , was felled in the Dillonwood tract of the southern Sierra . Living , cream - colored sapwood ( positively not painted ! ) rings the dead , pink heartwood ...
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