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The Red Cedar is uRually not over 40 or oO 

 ft. in hoi<^lit, but e\cL'[)tiuii;illy twice as tall, 

 witli trunk I'loui ■J-.'! ft. or more in (lianu'tcr. 

 This is freijuc'iitly huttres.sed and is vested in a 

 fibrous bark whieii e.\foliates lengthwise in 

 strips. \Miile young its top is generally nar- 



elongate and lop outwards, forming finally .i 

 wide irregular pyramidal or rounded top. It 

 if. a tree of wide distribution and found alike 

 on dry gravelly slopes, rocky ridges and less 

 abundantly on rieh bottom lands. Its pic- 

 tures(jue form is a feature of almost every 

 southern landscape from the sand-hills of tlie 

 coast to the valleys of the interior, and on the 

 bluffs of the New England coast sturdy in- 

 dividuals combat the winds close to the ocean's 

 spray. 



Its light fragrant wood of which a cubic 

 foot when absolutely dry weighs 30.70 lbs. is 

 of a purple-red color, very durable and pe- 

 culiarly valuable for making moth-p'roof chests 

 for clothing, for wooden ware, lead pencil 

 coverings, fence posts, etc., and its berries and 

 foliage possess medicinal properties. i 



Li arcs of two sorts, scalo-liko, opposite, closely 

 appressed, one-sixteenth in. Ions and forming "a 

 slender 4-sided branchlet. generally acute or obtuse, 

 glandular-dotted and dark green, or on young or 

 vigorous shoots subulate. %-% in. long and lighter 

 grcrii : buds nakrd. I'hnrcr.i in very early spring, 

 terminal, {iioccidiis : staminate with 1(1 or 1'2 

 stamens with rouiulod entire connectives and gen- 

 erally 4 pollen sacs: pistillate with violet-colored 

 acute and spreading scales. Fndt subglobose. 

 about Vi in. in diameter, dark blue with glaucous 

 bloom, at maturity sweetish resinous flesh and 

 usually 1 or li acute s<'cds ; cotylcdmis.- 



1. A. W., I, 25. 



2. P'or genus see p. 422. 



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