Remarks.
Pacific coast chief construction wood. Curled or distorted grain adds value for cabinet purposes. [p183]
The Big or Mammoth Tree or Giant Redwood (S. washingtoniana Sudworth and S. gigantea) is the largest tree known. The wood resembling that of S. sempervirens is used locally, see U. S. Forestry Bul. No. 28.
FOOTNOTE
[106] Professor Frank Soulé, Trans. Am. Inst. M. E., California Meeting, 1899. There are several trees of this species near New York City.
PLATE 36. ENDOGENOUS STRUCTURE IN WOOD.
A section through a Palm Tree.
A cross-section of Palm wood. (Natural size.)