THE CYPRESS SUB-FAMILY. 



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to be a valuable acquisition to planters in the Middle 

 States at least, if not still further north. 



2. T. occidental!*, Linnceus. AMERICAN ARBOR VITJE. 

 (White Cedar, incorrectly of some.) Leaves quite small, 

 closely appressed, rhombic-ovate, imbricated in four rows. 



Fig. 41. THUJA OCCIDENTALIS. 



Branches very numerous, ramulose, and assurgent, or re- 

 curved. Cones small, oblong-ovoid, with dry, spreading, 

 pointless scales. Seeds with a broad wing all round the 

 margin. 



This well-known tree is a native of the northern portion 

 of our continent, inhabiting low, moist situations, princi- 



