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3 feet and upwards in diameter, and extended for many miles. 
When on the head of the Restigouche he also noticed great 
quantities of excellent cedar. 
On the north of Tobique and on Salmon river, on the above- 
named company’s grants, are vast tracts of hardwood, intermingled 
with the finest of cedar. The Crown lands on the Nictaux branch 
of Tobique, for many miles, are also lined with clean and straight 
trees of this species well adapted to the manufacture of cedar 
shingles or railway ties. As this stream is remarkably smooth, 
the trees can be conveyed by water, very cheaply, to railway 
communication. The Honourable Senator Ferguson, of Bathurst, 
says that the white cedar is much used in the eastern part of the 
county of Gloucester for building boats, that boards can be got 
from 6 to 9 inches wide for planking, and that the roots make 
excellent knee timbers, as they are both light and durable. 
The wood of the white cedar is very soft, light and fine grained, 
of a reddish tint, and, like its twigs, possessed of an agreeable 
aromatic odour. It is readily wrought, and is also very durable, 
being especially adapted for fencing, and for such other purposes 
as necessitate frequent alternations of dryness and moisture. There 
is a large export of cedar shingles and railway ties from the City 
of Fredericton. Chests made from this wood are said to have the 
property of preserving furs and woollen goods from the attacks of 
moths, which is, probably, owing to its aromatic odour. The bark 
of this tree is now used in the United States for the manufacture 
of coarse paper for carpet lining, sheathing, ete. 
Linpen Famity (Tihacee). 
BASS-WOOD, OR LIME TREE (Zilia Americana, 1.). 
Though rare, there are few more striking trees in the New 
Brunswick woods than the Bass-wood, or American Linden. 
With a tall straight and somewhat columnar trunk, sometimes as 
much as 80 feet in height, branching freely, and densely clothed 
with rich green foliage, diversified in the season by its abundant 
yellowish-green flowers, or nut-like fruit, it can hardly fail to 
attract attention; and as an ornamental tree, it is well worthy 
of cultivation. Its wood is also of considerable value, being 
soft, white, and of a fine close grain. It is very tough and 
pliable, and being less liable than other woods to split from 
extremes of temperature, is used, in preference to all others, for 
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