The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . come alpine trees tolock branches with typesfrom warmer levels. Hereyou see lodgepole pine (Pinusmurrayana), that wonderfulrestorer of waste places whichsends forth countless tinyseedlings to cover fire-sweptareas and lava fields withforerunners of a , too, you will find western white pine (Pinus monticola), the fair ladyof the genus, whose soft, delicate foliage, finely chiseled trunk, and goldenbrown cones denote its gentleness; and Engelmann spruce (Picea Engelmannii)of greener blue than any other, and h
The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . come alpine trees tolock branches with typesfrom warmer levels. Hereyou see lodgepole pine (Pinusmurrayana), that wonderfulrestorer of waste places whichsends forth countless tinyseedlings to cover fire-sweptareas and lava fields withforerunners of a , too, you will find western white pine (Pinus monticola), the fair ladyof the genus, whose soft, delicate foliage, finely chiseled trunk, and goldenbrown cones denote its gentleness; and Engelmann spruce (Picea Engelmannii)of greener blue than any other, and hung with pendants of soft seed cones,saved from pilfering rodents by pungent, bristling needles. Here also are western larch or tamarack (Larix occidentalis); or, rarely,on our northern peaks, Lyalls larch (Larix Lyallii), whose naked branchessend out tiny fascicles of soft pale leaves; and Noble fir (Abies nobilis), stately,magnificent, proud of its supremacy over all. And you may come upon arare cluster of Alaska cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis), here at its southern. On the road to Government Camp, west of Mount Hood. Broad-leaf Maple on extreme right; Douglas Firs arching the road-way, and White Fir on left. 130 THE GUARDIANS OF THE COLUMBIA
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