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84 destructive, it is to be feared that unless special measures are taken for its protection by the State of Oregon this very beautiful tree may become extinct

The timber, which I only know from a specimen in the Jesup Collection of North American Woods, preserved in the American Museum of Natural History at New York, is said by Sargent to be considerably heavier than that of other American spruces, soft, close-grained, with a satiny surface, the sapwood hardly distinguishable. The specimen alluded to is 13¼ inches in diameter under the bark at 166 years old.