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Show Rtforettation Plan . ; ' - for Giant RtdwooJt ; BA.V FRANCISCO, Aug. Jl Br a. PV California's giant redwoods, some of which, still standing, war saplings when the Vikings first sighted the coaat of North America, and were good -sited trees whea William the Conqueror'a Norman hordes landed on the shores of England En-gland S thmiaand years ago. will hava heea entirely destroyed within a short time, according to the California Cali-fornia Redwood association here, unleas measures now being undertaken under-taken for their reforestation prove sucre aeful. Nurseries for young redwoods have recently been eatabltahed by two lumber rompanlea la northern California. At Fort Bragg. Mendocino Mendo-cino county, led. 000 young redwood trees are now growing from seed, a sufficient number to reforest sine seres a year, fcnough additional young treea to raforeat 4e00 acree annually will be supplied by this aompany In the near futura. Another company, at Kcotta, Humboldt Hum-boldt county, has a redwood nursery of 0 AO AOS trees, while a number of the twenty-two redwood compsnlei In California have taken a practuat Interest tn the reforestation. Besides the aurserv treee. ehn 't one-fifth additional aecnnd gmrn ' lumber le expected to sprout fm n I the aftimpS Of n'd trew |