The national parks portfolio . Photograph hy C. ti. iiamilUm An Aged JuniperSequoia is the park of big trees of many kinds, and it is the park of birds. THE GREATER SEQUOIA o NE can not think or speak of the Sequoia National Park withoutincluding the extraordinary scenic country lying beyond its bound-aries to the north and east. Not that there is much in commonbetween the two, for the park marks the supremacy of forest lux-iriance and the outlying country the supremacy of rock-sculptured canyon,nd snowy summit. And yet there is the common note of supremacy, each of its own there is t
The national parks portfolio . Photograph hy C. ti. iiamilUm An Aged JuniperSequoia is the park of big trees of many kinds, and it is the park of birds. THE GREATER SEQUOIA o NE can not think or speak of the Sequoia National Park withoutincluding the extraordinary scenic country lying beyond its bound-aries to the north and east. Not that there is much in commonbetween the two, for the park marks the supremacy of forest lux-iriance and the outlying country the supremacy of rock-sculptured canyon,nd snowy summit. And yet there is the common note of supremacy, each of its own there is the common note of continuity, for, from the lowest valleyf the wooded park to the peak of our loftiest height. Mount Whitney, natures)ainting runs the gamut. The parts are indivisible; to separate them is to cutn two the canvas of the Master. And so it is that those who know this land of exuberant climax have comeo call it The Greater Sequoia in order to express not the part limited byhe parks official title but the whole as God made it. There is a bill now before Congress to enlarge the park boundaries so thathey shall inclose it all.
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