Tkf.ks (ii- tiik Xokthkkn L^NiTKi) Statks "•"• 



primes t\vit>s. Wood li^lit and durahlc; used for pctsls. rail- 

 road ties. etc. Usually in wet soil and along the banks of 

 streams. X. B. to Man., south to Ohio and X. J., along the 

 Alleghanies to X. C. and to 111. and Minn. 



2. Thuja oricntalis L. Chinese Arl)orvitac. A small 

 pyramidal or bushy tree with spreading and ascending 

 branches. Xative of Asia. Cultivated in many forms. 



!•. Libocedrus luidl. Incen^e-cedar. 



Kvergreen trees with naked buds and small, scale-like, 

 appressed. opposite. 4-ranked. usually elongated leaves on 

 somewhat flattened l)ranches ; scales of the carpellate cone 

 4-(!. the two upper fertile, not peltate. 



Tall, resinous aromatic trees with scaly bark, monecious ; 

 staminate and carpellate cones on se])arate branchlets ; seeds 

 with une(|ual lateral wings. 



1. Libocedrus dcciirrcns lorr. Incense-cedar. A tree 

 with a tall, straight, slightly lobed trunk, tapering from a 

 Iiroad base. Wood light, soft, close-grained, and very dur- 

 able in contact with the soil. From the Pacific coast ; often, 

 cultivated as an ornamental tree. 



111. Chamaecyparis Spacli. White-cedar. 



Evergreen trees with small, scale-like appressed. nearly 

 or quite similar leaves, naked buds, and dr\- i)eltate carpellate 

 scales with 'l-\ seeds. 



Monecious; carpellate cones globose, with thick, opijosite 

 scales, eacli with a central point. 



1. Leaves dull blue-green: bark thin, dixided into tlat 



ridges. C. thyoidcs. 

 I. Leaxes l)right green; bark thick, dixided into In-oad 



ridges. C. Iirzcsoiiiatiii. 



1. Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) \\. .S. I'. Snuibeni 

 White-cedar. A tree with soft, light, and durable wood : 

 used for boat-building, wooden ware, shingles, etc. In swam])s. 

 Maine and X. II. to X. j.. l"la.. and Miss. 



•_'. Chaniaccyf'aris Idusoniaiui ( Murr. ) I'arl. Laws(»n 

 Cypress. A large tree with an abruptly enlarged base and a 

 spire-like crown of small horizontal or pendulous branches. 



