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2 tree notes that will be sure to interest you. At a landing we made on the N. end of Vancouver told we found Douglas Spruce
in all its glory of course the big Thuya, Western Hemlock, Mountain Hemlock also A. Amabilis. At Low Inlet on Princess Royal
told the Douglas was not to be found. but A. Amabilis was abundant of course Sitka Spruce Western Hemlock at the top of timberline
Paton Hemlock. Or Mertensiana as you now call it. red Cedar (Thuya) Alaska Cedar etc. All the way along the coast to the limit
of tree growth on the middle of Kodiak Isld the mainland opposite on the Alaska Peninsula the forest is unbroken, consisting
mostly of the indamitable P. Sitchensis Western Hemlock, but the hemlock vanishes on the Alaska Penn. near the mouth of Cook
Inlet leaving the Sika Spruce to do all the forest work to the westward. I was much interested in watching the west limit
of the forest. Not a tree is seen to the west of the middle of Kodiak Isld, tho a small grove of Sitka Spruce planted on Onalaska
100 yrs ago is flourishing I found the largest of the grove 2 ft, 1 inch diameter 30 ft high (kept low by wind) covered with
brilliant red purple staminate pistillate flowers. A glorious show. proclaiming