Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1894 — Assumes Every Hue. [ARTICLE]

Assumes Every Hue.

One of the most striking of the arboreal growths of California is the madrona tree, the bark of which is as changeable as the colors of a kaleidoscope, Not like the red-wood giant does it rear its head high above the other trees of the forest, although when having full growing room it attains a great else, but its bark is constantly changing in color, at times giving out all the hues of the rainbow. The young trees are most beautiful, and even the gnarled monarchs of time, by shedding their bark, assume all the beauty and splendor eC the younger speoies.