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red cedars around his house. The trees were pulled up along 

 the banks of the Mississippi river fifteen years ago, varying 

 from fifteen inches to two feet in height. One of the trees that 

 I saw was twenty-eight inches in diameter a foot from the 

 ground, and thirty-two feet high. I measured it. I have some 

 branches from that tree that will go to the World's Pair. 

 Those trees now make a solid wall almost as impervious to 

 wind as a board fence. I would like to have Prof. Pernow say 

 a word about the red cedar, so it can go into our reports. 



Prof. Fernow: It is the tree that has a wider distribution in 

 the United States than most trees, growing all over the coun- 

 try and even in both extremes. It has a greater range than 

 any other tree we have, except perhaps the box elder. If you 

 want a tree that will stand anything and anywhere, take the 

 red cedar. I would not recommend anybody, however, to plant 

 the red cedar for economic purposes in- the North. It is the 

 tree, however, for the Southwest and the South. You know 

 the great value of the cedar tree is its timber, which can be 

 used for posts or pencils. 



Mr. Patten: I want to say a good word for our native red 

 pine. I believe it will endure perfectly the extreme conditions 

 of this climate, better than any other evergreen I can name. 

 It is decidedly preferable to the Austrian pine. 



