Plants of Canada. 47 



Uie Chaudiere on ihe River Otta\va. In Upper Canada and 

 in the States where it is plentiful, it is used for fences; 

 being superior to every other kind of wood in point 

 of durability in such exposed situations. It is occasionally 

 brought to this market in round logs of about twenty feet 

 long, and eight to twelve inches in diameter : but is seUlom 

 exported to Great Britain, owing to an enormous duty 

 levied on it by weight. 



Junipcrus communis dcpressa — L. Juniper. Genevrier. 



" Leaves io tbrees, spreadiug, mucronatc, longer than' the berry." 



A low spreading shrub, about two feet high and extend- 

 ing over a large surface. The berries might be collected 

 for the use of the distiller, as are those of the European 

 variety of this species. Grows on the shores of the St. 

 Lawrence below Quebec, and at the falls of the Ottawa. 



Juniperus sabina — L. Savine. Savin. 



" Leaves opposite, obtuse, glandular in the middle, imbricate tour ways, 

 delicate, acute, opposite." 



A low decumbent shrub, about six inches high. The 

 elder Michaux found it growing in clifts of rocks, from 

 Hudson's Bay to the mouth of the Sagucnay. 



THUYA.— L. 



Thuya occidentalis — L. Arbor vitir. White Cedar. 



Ccdrc hlduc. 

 " Braiicblets twu-cdgcd; leaves imbricate four ways, rhomboid -ovate, closely 

 pressed, naked, tubcrclcd. Coues obovate ; inner scales truucate, 

 gibbous below the apex." 



Grows generally in moist grounds, and on the sides 

 uf hills; attaining a large size in favorable t^ituations. The 

 timlicr has the lowest s|)ecific gravity of all «iur Canadian 

 kinds of wood, and is rciiiarkable for its dinability : on 

 ihcbc uccouuls it is in gnat rctjucbt licic for fencing: thus 



