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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE RED CEDAR. 



C. S, KEY^ ST. PETER. 



Two years ago I joined the Horticultural Society, and in that 

 short time I have learned more about horticulture than I had gained 

 by experience in my former lifetime. I can now raise all sorts of 

 trees from seed and do my own grafting successfully. 



As to evergreens for hedges I know of none betttcr than the red 

 cedar. You can trim them in any shape you desire and not hurt 

 them. They will thrive well in any kind of soil ; they will bend to 



C. S. Key, St. Peter. 



the ground before they will break. The berries make good medicine 

 for coughs and colds and will cure consumption in its early stage. 

 The oil of cedar will kill rats and all sorts of vermin. The tree makes 

 the best fence post that grows; they will outlast all other timber. 

 Solomon used more cedar in the construction of the temple than any 

 other kind of timber. The reason he used cedar, I think, is because 

 it was stronger and more durable than any other timber. I have 

 cedar trees that I planted twenty years ago. They bear seed every 

 year, and in winter the birds come from far and near to get the 

 berries. I am a lover of all kinds of evergreens, but I love the red 



