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The Bald Cypress, etc. 



and it has a red heart-wood like the red cedar, but is too small for 

 any use. 



THE BALD-CYPRESS, RED-WOOD, AND ALLIED FAMILY. 



1273. These are included in the tribe Taxodiece, and are distin- 

 guished by the arrangement of the scales of the aments, which are 

 thickened, woody, close, and spirally placed. The ovules, instead 

 of being in twos, are from two to six on each scale. The leaves are 

 two-ranked or imbricated and alternate. 



1274. THE JAPANESE CEDAR (Cryptojneria Japonica) deserves no- 

 tice in this connection as an easily-cultivated ornamental tree, a na- 

 tive of China and Japan, and suited to the climate of the Middle 

 and Southern States. 



1275. THE BALD-CYPRESS (Taxodicum distiehum). This conifer 

 is deciduous, and a native of the Middle and Southern Atlantic 



150. Leaves and Cones of the Taxodium distiehum. 



coast. It also occurs in Southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and 

 in the States southward, preferring a rich swampy soil, but growing 

 very well on dryer land. The trunk of the tree widens out towards 



