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Title: The Beauties of the state of Washington : a book for tourists
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Giles, Harry F Washington (State). Bureau of Statistics and Immigration
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Publisher: Olympia : F.M. Lamborn, Public Printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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t prominent is the Douglas Fir, or Douglas Spruce (Pseu-dotsuga taxifolia), the giant of the forest, growing erect as aplumb-line until it ends in a pyramidal crown two hundred feetor more above the ground. This is the most important tree ofthe state, for its product houses the people, and for the past tenyears has insured Washington first place in lumber production inthe United States. Some of the largest trees reach the enormousproportions of eight, ten, and even twelve feet in diameter, asingle one producing material sufficient to build a palace of hugedimensions. Of great importance also is the Red Cedar, reaching some-times a height of 200 feet and having a diameter in rare casesof over 20 feet; yielding for the state of Washington two-thirdsof all the shingles produced in the United States. Similar tothe Cypress, its sweet soporific scent is everywhere conspicuousand always pleasing. Other trees which provide lumber and addgrace to the Washington woods are the hemlocks, spruces,
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8 S 8 •5* ti H 8 w Jfi *) 0 •*> £ «W HH ^ £ ^3 0 J § >H 2 < • S •iS> fe 9 o 55i 8 s 8 £ 5~ n * a. State of Washington 17 larches, and white firs, in the western part of the state; and thepines and tamaracs in a number of the eastern counties. Many other species, of minor commercial value, are sprinkledthroughout the forest in sufficient plentifulness to complete theartistic design. There are the wide-leafed maples ; the red barkedmadronas; the pale barked quivering cottonwoods and their al-lies, the bitter tasting willows; the white flowered dogwood,prominent throughout the forests until late in the spring, andoccasionally found blooming in the fall; the gray barked alderprotecting the springs and mountain streams; the sturdy oaks,skirting the gravelly prairies; the long lived juniper; and thehardy Scotch broom; besides various other trees and shrubs.Many of these are so beautiful that landscape gardeners findnothing m

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