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Title: The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park

Author: Grenville F. Allen

Release Date: April 15, 2010 [EBook #31994]

Language: English

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FORESTS OF MOUNT RAINIER
NATIONAL PARK

[Illustration]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
1916

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. Price, 20 cents.

PUBLICATIONS ON MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK SOLD BY THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF DOCUMENTS.

Remittances for these publications should be by money order, payable to
the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., or in cash. Checks and postage stamps can not be accepted.

Features of the Flora of Mount Rainier National Park, by J.B. Flett.
1916. 48 pages, including 40 illustrations. 25 cents.

Contains descriptions of the flowering trees and shrubs in the
park.

Mount Rainier and Its Glaciers, by F.E. Matthes. 1914. 48 pages,
including 26 illustrations. 15 cents.

Contains a general account of the glaciers of Mount Rainier and of
the development of the valleys and basins surrounding the peak.

Panoramic view of Mount Rainier National Park, 20 by 19 inches, scale 1
mile to the inch. 25 cents.

THE FORESTS OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK.

By G.F. ALLEN, _United States Forest Service_.

GENERAL STATEMENT.

The remarkable development of the forests about the base of Mount
Rainier results from climatic conditions peculiarly favorable to tree
growth. The winters are mild and short. The ocean winds that pass
through the gaps of the Coast Range are laden with moisture which falls
in the form