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I consider the timber of this cypress superior to 

 that of most of our home-grown woods. 



C. NOOTKATENSis. — Age, 43 years; cubic con- 

 tents, 29 feet ; soil, gravelly loam. Timber ex- 

 cellent, even in the immature specimen to which I 

 refer, of a pleasant light yellow colour, and agree- 

 ably scented. It is light, close-grained, and, being 

 clean, works and polishes smoothly, but is rather 

 brittle. When tested out of doors, the results 

 were favourable, more so than was expected from 

 the immature specimens at my disposal. 



JuNiPERUS COMMUNIS. — ^Wood of a beautiful 

 yellowish brown colour, hard, but readily cut, and 

 very aromatic. Made into ornaments, it seems to 

 stand well, there being no perceptible difference 

 in thirty -eight years. From a tree 25 feet 

 high. 



J. VIRGINIANA. — Probably the largest and finest 

 specimen of this somewhat rare tree that has 

 ever been felled in Britain was cut down to 

 make room for building operations in the pretty 

 village of Esher, in Surrey. The tree was of 

 unusual proportions, with a beautifully clean and 

 well-rounded stem, which was destitute of branches 

 for 33 feet in length, and contained fully 51 feet 

 of timber. This is the wood used so largely in 

 England in the manufacture of '' cedar pencils,'' 

 and that of the tree in question is of excellent 

 quality and beautifully grained, the heartwood 

 being of a fine red colour with a band of deep 

 yellow around the margin. The fragrance of the 

 wood is remarkable, and in the case of the Esher 

 specimen could be distinctly detected at a distance 

 of about 20 yards. The soil which produced 



