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[[underlined]] [[insertion]] Abies [[/insertion]] Douglas[[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]]ii [[/underlined]]. grows only on dry ground; that is, ground that is never overflowed, and in that respect differs from [[underlined]] A. Menziesii [[/underlined]]. In fact it is a test of some importance in ascertaining the height to which the streams rise.
[[underlined]] A Menzesii [[/underlined]] on the other hand prefers a damp soil. 
It attains its greatest size on the coast. I have seen it 
in situations even where the tides occasionally reached it. The bark of this tree is reddish, ^ [[insertion]] thin & [[/insertion]] not striated like th[[overwritten]] e [[/overwritten]at of [[underlined]] A. Douglas[[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]]ii [[/underlined]], but exfoliating in 
Scales. I had supposed there to be two varieties of [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] A. Menzesii [[/underlined]], one inhabiting the coast, the other the mountain & interior region & fancied I detected a difference in the foliage but Dr Newbury says it is the same tree, with only the difference produced by situation. It reaches an altitude of 6000 feet on the parallel, nearly if not quite as great as the Balsam firs.
The Bark of [[underlined]] A. Dougals[[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]]ii [[/underlined]] becomes very thick in old trees, so much as to be used for firewood. It is deeply but irregularly striated longitudinally.
A fir which on the coast we call White fir, Dr. Newberry says is [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Picea Amabilis [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] & not [[underlined]] A [[insertion]] bies [[/insertion]] Alba [[/underline]]. The bark of this is white & comparatively smooth. The twigs have the peculiarity of growing verticillate & as they fall off give to the bark the appearance of being divided into sections. This is the poorest lumber we have being what is called "brash". It also decays rapidly. The wood of [[underlined]] A. Douglassii [[/underlined]] is that which is used so 

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Insertion at top of page appears to be in different writing than rest of project. Where the writer has made spelling mistakes, transcribe those as written. abies douglasii - type of tree Arbutus menziesii - type of tree