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the soil and with dark-coloured bands of summer cells. _The heart- 
“The Silva of California” pp. 148-149, refers to its use for 
telegraph and telephone poles. 
Libocedrus hgeae Hook. f—New Zealand Cedar, Pahautea. 
Two species of Libocedrus are indigenous to New Zealand, the one 
under notice ia LL. Doniana, Endl. Of the two L. Biduolli only 
appears to be known as cedar, although the wood of both trees seems 
to be put to similar uses. T. heeseman describes both trees in 
his “ Manual of the New Zealand Flora,” pp. 646-647, and he says 
there that ZL. Bidwillii is the smaller tree, rarely growing more than 
50 feet high with a trunk diameter of 14 to 3 feet. It is found in 
both the North and South Islands at elevations varying from 800 
to 4,000 feet. The wood is described as soft, red, straight in the 
grain, easily split and apparently of great durability but of low 
specific gravity and somewhat brittle. ‘An example may be seen in 
Museum No. ITI, at Kew, beer was obtained from the Melbourne 
International Exhibition of 18 
Cupressus Lawsoniana, 4. ara .—Port Orford ville | Cedar, 
White Cedar, Oregon Cedar, Lawson CRs Matchwo 
Reference was made to this tree in K.B., 1912, p. 78. It isa 
native of Oregon and northern California fe under the most 
favourable conditions attains a height of 200 feet with a diameter 
of from 6 to 12 feet. The wood is light yellow in colour, fragrant, 
and is an esteemed and valuable wood for the interior finish of 
houses, boat-building, railway sleepers, fence posts and match 
making. : 
Cupressus nootkatensis, Lamb.—Yellow Cedar, Yellow Cypress. 
This is another important wood from Western North America. 
It occurs from southern ‘Alooka to Oregon, ~ ont attains a 
height of 100 feet with a diameter of 5 or 6 feet. The wood is 
light but moderately hard, close-grained, uaa and yellowish in 
colour. It is used for cabinet-making and for various other pur- 
poets For further —— see K.B., 1912, 
Thuya plicata, D n.— W estern White ides Canadian Red 
Cedar, Red Ce dar, Cavs Cedar, Yellow Cedar, North Western 
Red Cedar, Oregon Cedar 
Amongst Western N oss American Conifers this is an importa 
the British Isles. It’ is found in Alaska, British Columba 
regon, Washington and Northern Calitornia, where it is met wit 
from a moderate-sized ee: 50 to 70 feet high with a trunk 3 feet or 
so in diameter, to giant specimens 200 to 250 _ high with a trunk 
diameter of 18 feet, J epson, in “ The Silva of California,” pp. 
150-151, refers toit as a tree growing Sect 150 to 225 feet high 
with a trunk 16 or 18 feet in diameter near the ground. The head 
is usually narrow and the tree may be readily istinguished from 
T. occidentalis by its more vigorous habit and darker leaves. The 
