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pails. It is very durable, but has been used so 

 extravagantly that it is now expensive. 



The Cedar seeds are scattered by birds, and the 

 trees often grow along fence rows. They reach 

 their greatest magnitude in swamps and low 

 grounds of the south, but are common through- 

 out the United States. In the north, they grow 

 on dry hills as well as near swamps. 



SHRUBBY RED CEDAR 



Juniperus Sabina Pine Family 



Fruit. — The fruit differs from that of the 

 Red Cedar in being borne on recurved stemlike 

 branches instead of on erect ones. 



The leaves are of two kinds, similar to those 

 of the preceding species. 



The Shrubby Red Cedar is a prostrate, some- 

 times creeping shrub, seldom more than four feet 

 high. It grows on the borders of swamps or on 

 rocky banks in New England to Minnesota, and 

 northward. 



