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and tubs, and that in New Orleans 90,000 fresh-water cisterns are 
said to be made of the wood; its value for the purpose lies 
apparently in its durability when kept continually wet. 
Ture Port Orrorp Crepar, Lawson Cypress, oR MATCH- 
woop ( Cupressus Lawsoniana, A. Murr.).—Several landowners are 
already trying this species under forest conditions in various parts of 
the country, with apparently good results, though definite proof of its 
value for British woodlands is not yet forthcoming. In most places 
where it has been planted for ornamental purposes, it has given. 
satisfactory results, and has grown rapidly after the first few years, 
therefore it is reasonable to expect that. it will prove suitable for 
forest culture over a wide area and under many conditions. 
Its natural range of distribution is very limited, for it is found 
in a comparatively small district, lying between Ceos Bay in south- 
eastern Oregon and Klamath river in north-eastern California. In 
this region, where it extends 30 or 40 miles inland at a low eleva-. 
tion from the coast, the climate is marked by a moderate tempera- 
ture and a heavy rainfall, with a humid and foggy atmosphere and 
a large proportion of cloudy days. ; 
nder favourable conditions it attains a height of 200 feet with 
a diameter of from 6 to 12 feet. Old trees have very thick bark, 
however, and as much as 18 inches has sometimes to be deducted 
from the diameter for bark. 
Hough, “ American Woods,” x. No. 241, pp. 41-42, describes the 
wood as follows :—“ Wood light, rather hard and strong, very close 
grained, easily worked and durable in contact with the soil. Itisof a 
light yellow colour with lighter sap-wood and with a pleasant resinous 
fragrance. One of the most valuable timbers of N. America in 
the excellence of its lumber for interior finishing, flooring, boat- 
ilding, railway ties, fence posts, etc., and is used extensively in 
the manufacture of matches. In the last-mentioned use its identity 
is at once asserted by the characteristic fragrance of the smoke of 
the burning match. Resin of the wood is a powe diuretic. 
This property is so active that workmen in the sawmills, when this 
lumber is being sawn, are so affected that it becomes necessary 
occasionally to change to other woods.” 
_ The variable character of this species under cultivation necessitates 
precaution in the selection of seed-bearing trees, those o1 i 
selected which are typical of the species and of vigorous and erect 
habit. By collecting seeds haphazard from a collection of decorative 
varieties, it is unlikely that the seedlings produced will prove 
satisfactory when planted under forest conditions. 
Elwes and Henry, “Trees of Great Britain and Ireland,” v. 
p- 1207, say that the Lawson cypress has been tried in forest plots 
at different stations in Prussia, the total area being about 30 acres, 
and also at Grafrath in Bavaria. After 20 years’ experience the 
wood grown in Germany is found to be as good as that of Oregon. 
Heartwood is said to begin to form in the tenth year with the 
characteristic fragrant odour of the timber in America. It is a 
light-loving tree, and people who have tried it recommend that it 
should be planted at intervals of three feet. 
- Tue YevLow Cypress (Cupressus noothatensis, Lamb.).—This | 
tree is so highly spoken of by American timber experts, that it 
