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The giant sequoia

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By Rodney Sydes Ellsworth
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A balanced natural and cultural account of the giant Sequoia that blends popular description and scientific explanation, tracing its fossil history, extraordinary size and longevity, anatomy and reproduction, and geographic distribution. It profiles the Mariposa Grove and several celebrated trees, recounts early human admiration and conservation efforts, and examines debates over naming and the person associated with its name. Illustrated and organized into history, grove-specific chapters, and a discussion of nomenclature, it seeks to make technical material accessible to general readers.

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Title: The giant sequoia

An account of the history and characteristics of the big trees of California

Author: Rodney Sydes Ellsworth

Photographer: H. S. Hoyt

Arthur C. Pillsbury

Release date: August 2, 2025 [eBook #76616]

Language: English

Original publication: Oakland: J. D. Berger, 1924

Credits: Sean/AB, Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GIANT SEQUOIA ***

The Giant Sequoia

AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS
OF THE BIG TREES OF CALIFORNIA
BY
RODNEY SYDES ELLSWORTH
WITH TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
J. D. BERGER
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
1924
COPYRIGHT, 1924,
BY RODNEY SYDES ELLSWORTH
MARIPOSA GROVE
Photo by H. S. Hoyt
THE SUN WORSHIPPERS
Only at sunset does the Sequoia lose its dignity to become a thing of beauty
To My Grandmother
A living thing,
Produced too slowly to decay,
Of form and aspect too magnificent
To be destroyed.
—Wordsworth.