“Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, / Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.”
Bible
“I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.”
Hamlin Garland
“They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.”
“They are amazing. This migration is amazing. The whole system has to stay intact, not just the fir trees in Mexico, to preserve these treasures.”
Sue Clark
“A Douglas fir, when it dies, hosts thousands of species.”
Mark Harmon
“The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.”
“I made a lot of lumber out of the Bishop pines and Douglas fir,”
Tom Anderson
