The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
rNQNTEREY CTPRES S.
Bv Ben Blow

= HE pleasure OF going into the
open finds enhancement when one
has some definite object in view,
and for the man who loves to be
out OF doors there is no more pleasing
study than that Of our native trees. In
a book just published by DR.. Willis
Linn Jepson on the trees Of California
there is so much OF information put so
pleasantly that the man who goes forth
into the woods accompanied by It as a
vacation hand book can find not only
pleasure but profit in its use. Doctor
epson. who Is a member of the faculty
or the University OF California Is an
authority upon the subject and his va
cations have largely been spent in the
wooded places Of the state. Scarcely
mining camp is there along the uplift
o. the Sierra with which he is not per-
IecIiy FAMILIAR. while the numbering
camps and towns along the upper coast
are 70 him as an open book. Not only
has he brought to bear upon the sub
Ject OF which he writes the skill OF the
long trained observer, but also he has
acquired the point Of view OF the man
who goes out in the woods to find sur
cease from toll, to get away from the
chains that bind him to his desk.
california. as place for studying
the trees. is not exceIled by any other
state The national forests lying with
In It's boundaries number 20 with a
total area OF 27,96S,51O acres, far in ex-
cess or any other state or territory,
Alaska coming next with 2676l 626
acres set aside by the government
Among the most important Of these ma
tona1 forests are the Sequoia forest
with headquarters at Hot Springs,
which comprises an extent of S,079.94
acres, the Cleveland fol est near San
Diego, with 2,236,I7S acres: the Kla-
math forest near Yreka, with 2O94,46T
acres; the Santa Barbara forest near
Santa Barbara, with 2,O27.1SO acres: the
sierra forest near North Fork, with
l,s55,6SO acres; the Tahoe forest with
headquarters at Nevada City which
covers l,S31,0z2 acres; the Shasta for
est around Mount Shasta, which has
-.45A,alS acres, the Trinity forest near
Weaverville with I.S34.S33 acres. not
10 mention the MOdoc, Lassen. Angeles.
Plumas and Stanislaus forests. ali res
erTauons that comprise millions OF
acres more
IN addition TO these national forests
there are also the national parks to be
considered, the Yosemite with SOS, 600
acres. which includes the uncomfortable
Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy valleys. the
main crest of the Sierra Nevada noun
lalns ana the TuOlumne. Merced and
MarlpOSa groves Of big trees The Sc
quota national park with 16I. .2SO acres
has within its bounds the North Ke-
T-e8h forest. Giant forest. Cliff Creek
grove. Harmon Meadow grove. Atweu
grove Lake Canon grove. Mule Gulch
-rore- Homer Peak forest and South
I>ereal forest. OF these the Giant for
est IS especially notable on account Of
the Number and size OF the big trees
me beauty of the cone bearing trees
and The remarzabl and imposing
grandeur o. the North Fork plateau
and its surrounding gorges and lofty
peaks The last Of these national
PARKS and the least IS the General
Grant national park, with an area of
only 2.5s0 acres. situated in Fresno
ard Tulare counties, which. however.
contains some splendid gfoups of big
trees. Notwithstanding its diminutfve