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Scientific American, Vol. 66, No. 7 (1892) (1892)

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Mariposa grove, and is 28 feet in sugar pines. diameter. A still larger tree in the same grove is In the groves further south the same scene is re- known as the “ Grizzly Giant.” Itis 34 feet in diameter. peated time after time. In that portion of the sequoia The highest of these trees isin the… … which is industriously working away at the big trees. Jose.. Their policy has been to slaughter the trees founded with the California redwood. Sequoia semper- Their owners evidently fear that the national govern- virens, a tree which quite frequently reaches a diame- without regard to age or size,…

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