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16_90 Portland, Oregon Horticulture, Grant's Pass, to make inquiries concerning Douglas Spruce. He also gave me the name of Prof. E. R. Lake, Corvallis. E. P. Sheldon is now with the Oregon Lumber Manufacturer's Associateion, 265 Washington St. He looks sleek and prosperous. At the Portland Board of Trade, the Secretary J. B. Lafer, who knows the sourhern part of Oregon extremely well, gave me advice about reaching the Weeping Spruce. When I described the tree he declard he had seen 3 or 4 trees |
16_91 July 31, 1906 on the way from Ashland to Klamath Falls. At the Chamber of Commerce they have the usual display of fruits and also some fine boards 3 ft. wide of Alder, Lodgepole Pine, Oregon Ash, and Douglas Fir. The latter label reads: heartwood red to yellow, sapwood nearly white; wood hard, strong, difficult to work but extremely durable. The young growth in open woods produces "Red Fir", the older growth on the same tree when the forest becomes more dense and the growth slower produces |
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