i8o THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF WOOD. 



Port Orford Cedar, Lawson Cypress. 



Chamcecyparis lawsomana Murr. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth. ) 



White Cedar, Oregon Cedar Ginger Pine (Cal.). 

 (Oreg., Cal.). 



Locality. 



Pacific coast, California and Oregon. 



Features of Tree. 



One hundred to sometimes two hundred feet in height, four to 

 twelve (?) feet in diameter. Leaves overlapping in sprays, 

 very small cones one-fourth inch in diameter. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Heartwood yellowish white, sapwood similar. Very close- 

 grained. 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Light, hard, strong, durable, easily worked, fragrant, resinous. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Lumber, flooring, interior finish, ties, posts, matches, ship- 

 building. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



28. 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



1,730,000. 

 Modulus of Rupture. 



12,600. 



Remarks. 



Resin employed as insecticide. 



Yew (Taxus) is a close-grained wood that suggests cedar, but it is 

 tough like hickory. It was one of the "fighting woods" of the Greeks. 

 The early Celtic races associated the trees with funerals. The best yew 

 bow-staves come from Italy, Turkey and Spain, and were once distributed 

 through the Venetian markets. The Spanish staves were so important 

 that they were controlled by the Spanish Government. Later, European 

 bows were backed with other and more plentiful woods. Yew is now 

 occasionally employed for chairs, canes and whips. 



Pacific Coast Indians prized the Western, Oregon or California yew 

 (Taxus brevifolid) for bows, paddles and fish hooks. The Florida yew 

 (Taxus floridana) is another United States species. Ernest Thompson 

 Seton classes American woods suitable for bows in order of excellence as 

 follows: " Oregon Yew, Osage Orange, White Hickory, Elm, Cedar, 

 Apple, etc." 



