. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 856 AMERICAN FOREvSTRY. I \ I'l: I ii- . i\V IX \i)SEMITE VAIvLEV CAMP Secretary of the Interior Lane's policy of opening our national parks as real playgrounds for the people strikes a new and popular note in these splendid camps, where the tourist with a medium-sized purse can get close to nature at a minimum expense. Seated in hammock is George Sterling, the California poet; standing is Lawrence Harris, whose poem on the San Trancisco fire received world- wide comment, and on the chair, E. D. Coblentz. editor of the San Francisco C a!L pose<
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 856 AMERICAN FOREvSTRY. I \ I'l: I ii- . i\V IX \i)SEMITE VAIvLEV CAMP Secretary of the Interior Lane's policy of opening our national parks as real playgrounds for the people strikes a new and popular note in these splendid camps, where the tourist with a medium-sized purse can get close to nature at a minimum expense. Seated in hammock is George Sterling, the California poet; standing is Lawrence Harris, whose poem on the San Trancisco fire received world- wide comment, and on the chair, E. D. Coblentz. editor of the San Francisco C a!L pose<l til the salt winds, take on irregular sliai)es, re- semliling the Monterey cyiiress. It has. however, a con- sideral.)lv wider range, there being three groups along the coast and others on the Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands. Three other trees of limited range nr rare (iccurrence deserve specific mention. < 'ne of these, the bristlecone fir, is found mainly in Monterey County, where it is ir- regularly grouped or scattered on the eastward slopes of the Santa Lucia Aluuntains. It is a little known tree because confined to a region which attracts few visitors. The onlv place it would be seen without a special trip is along the stage road near Pajarijo Springs. It is the most unique of all the firs, and striking in character be- cause of its dense Indian club-shajied crown, which often extends to the ground, and ends in a long, ex- tremelv narrow, sharp point. The foliage is of a lustrous green, so pronounced that the color becomes a dis- tinguishing characteristic at some distance. .\ further remarkable feature is found in the cones, which have long needlelike ])oints, which protrude from among the cone scales. While ncit deserving a special trip in order to see it. the bristlecone fir merits attention from any- one who is in the region where it grows. The rarest and most restricted of all the California conifers is the Torrey. or Soledad pine of San Diego Countv. It is c
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