The Yosemite guide-book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California . hat of an Australian species, the Eucalyptus arnygdalina,many of which have, on the authority of Dr. ^liiller, the eminent Govern-ment l)ot;uiist, been found to measure over 400 feet. One, indeed, reachesthe enonnous elevation of 480 feet, thus overtopping the tallest Sequoia by 155 feet. There are also trees which exceed the Big Tree in diameter, as, for THE BIG TEEES. 155 instance, the Baobab (Adansonia dijltatn); but these are always compara-tivel
The Yosemite guide-book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California . hat of an Australian species, the Eucalyptus arnygdalina,many of which have, on the authority of Dr. ^liiller, the eminent Govern-ment l)ot;uiist, been found to measure over 400 feet. One, indeed, reachesthe enonnous elevation of 480 feet, thus overtopping the tallest Sequoia by 155 feet. There are also trees which exceed the Big Tree in diameter, as, for THE BIG TEEES. 155 instance, the Baobab (Adansonia dijltatn); but these are always compara-tively low, not exceeding 60 or 70 feet in height, and much swollen at thebase. On the whole, it may be stated, that there is no known tree whichapproaches the Sequoia in grandeur, thickness and height being both takeninto consideration, unless it be the Eiicali/ptus. The largest Australian treeyet reported is said to be 81 feet in circumference, at four feet from theground; this is nearly, but not quite, as large as some of the largest ofthe Bio- Trees of California. THE END. University Press, Cambridge: Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co. ^\. MAP of ihe YOSEMITE VAIJ>EY from Sm-vFvs niadr by order of theCOMMISSIOXERS tomaiuUethf YOSEMITK VAl-LKY MARIPOSA BIG THKE GHO\T-: ;(i Biid JT-GARDKER
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