lyS CYPRESSES AND JUNIPERS 



*' Nowhere does the rose bloom so sweetly as when 

 planted near the onion." 



To sum up the case of the three species — Plicata, 

 Occidentalis, Japonica — before us in the dock or at 

 the bar of olfactory opinion, and arrive at conclusion 

 as to which distils sweetness and which imparts 

 disflavour : In the case of the T. Plicata the jury 

 seem agreed that the smell is far more pleasant than 

 otherwise, though some seem to think it is nothing 

 to rave about. In the case of the T. Occidentalis the 

 jury are disagreed. It has been accused of being 

 aromatic, pleasant, acrid, pungent. Consequently, 

 we must leave it to each individual, if he so desires 

 it, to nose out this question further for himself. The 

 case of the T. Japonica presents no hesitation on the 

 part of the jury. It has been adjudged, nemine 

 contradicente, guilty of a failure to minister to the 

 lords and ladies of creation those voluptuous delights 

 accredited by poets to the perfumes of Araby that 

 their souls desire. In writing a short monograph 

 upon these three trees, and putting aside for the 

 moment the question of identifying marks, we would 

 say a few words on their uses. 



The Thuya Plicata, or Gigantea, the giant Arbor 

 Vitse of North America, was discovered between the 

 years 1789-94 by Louis Nee, on Nootka Sound, and 

 introduced to England in 1853. Its habitat extends 

 from southernmost Alaska to almost San Francisco. 

 It ranks among the monster trees of those regions, 

 and attains stupendous heights and massive girths. 

 Yet it is a wood that is the lightest of the light, and 

 famed for durability in wet ground. It has an 

 estimated life at from 800 to 1,000 years, and 

 holds valuable testimonials from valuable sources 

 as to its economic value. All, from the severest and 

 most cautious of scientific sylviculturists, speak well 

 of it. 



