The Red Cedar 



THE home of the red cedar or juniper is in the 

 swamps and low lands of the North, where it 

 grows slowly and lives to an old age. It is usually 

 a small tree, and one that looks very little like 

 the other conifers. 



On this one tree there are two kinds of leaves, 

 and all cling to the tree for five or six years before 

 they finally fall. One leaf is needlelike, a quarter 

 or half inch long; the other is scalelike, sharp- 

 pointed, and much shorter. Both are attached 

 to the twig in clusters of two or three. 



Cedar cones do not look like cones at all. They 

 look more like berries. You can see no scales on 

 them as on the pine and spruce cones. They are 

 pale green when fully grown, dark blue or purple 

 when ripe, and are very small and round, with 

 quite a sweet taste. Sometimes these little cones 



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