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HEMLOCK (Tsuga). 



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Section 33. Distribution. Structural and Physical Peculiarities of 



Wood. Botanical Characteristics 168 



a. Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) 169 



b. Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) 169 



LARCH; TAMARACK (Larix). 



Section 34. Historical. Sources. Structural and Physical Peculiari- 

 ties. Botanical Characteristics 170 



a. Larch, Tamarack (Larix americana) 171 



b. Larch, Tamarack (Larix occidentalis) 172 



c. Larch, European (Larix europea) 172 



CEDAR (Cedrus, Thuya, Chamaecyparis, Libocedrus, Juniperus). 



Section 35. Confusion of Names. Historical. Structural and Physical 



Peculiarities of Wood. Uses. Commercial Divisions, etc 173 



a. Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) 175 



b. Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis), etc 176 



c. White Cedar, Arborvitse, (Thuya occidentalis) 177 



d. Canoe Cedar, Arborvitse, Giant Arborvitae (Thuya plicata) . . 178 



e. White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) 179 



/. Port Orford Cedar, Lawson Cypress (Chamaecyparis law- 



soniana) , etc 1 80 



g. Yellow Cedar, Yellow Cypress, Sitka Cypress (Chamaecyparis 



nootkatensis) 181 



h. Incense Cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) 182 



CYPRESS (Cupressus, Taxodium). 



Section 36. Confusion of Names. Sources. Historical. Structural and 



Physical Peculiarities. Commercial Divisions. Fungus Diseases. . 183 

 a. Cypress, Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) 185 



REDWOOD (Sequoia). 



Section 37. Locality. Peculiarities of Trees. Structural and Physical 



Qualities of Wood. Uses. Mammoth Trees 186 



a. Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 188 



b. Giant Redwood (Sequoia washingtoniana) 188 



PART III. 

 ENDOGENOUS SERIES. 



Section 38. Definitions. Cellular Structure. Structural and Physical 



Peculiarities of Eodogenous Wood. Uses. General Information . . 189 



