"...long gleaming arms make a gallant appearance. "

from Coast Trails

Madrons

photo by j develyn.

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" About the pass the oaks became larger, and among them

grew a few beautiful striking Madrons. This great arbutus

is one of the most striking of Western trees, handsome in

leaf and blossom, and fruit and especially noticeable for its

smooth stem of satiny buff or red. The long gleaming arms 

make a gallant appearance amid the sombre olive and oak

and pine, and with its tassels of scarlet berries the tree looks

well equal to the part of " Captain of the Western Wood, "

for which Bret Harte nominated it. "

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