ARBOR VIT.E; WHITE CEDAR (Thuya occidentalis, Linn.). 25 

 to 60 feet. Compact, narrow, pyramidal tree, with trunk often di- 

 viding into 2 or 3 erect, secondary stems above the short, often 

 ridged and buttressed trunk. Twigs flattened into frond-like 

 spray. Bark brown, thin, splitting into frayed-out, stringy strips. 

 Wood light, soft, brittle, yellowish brown, coarse, durable, 

 used for posts, telegraph poles, railroad ties, and shingles. 

 Leaves minute, scale-like, 4-ranked, close, covering the twig 

 by the overlapping of alternate keeled and flat pairs. Aro- 

 matic. Flowers May, purplish, on tips of side twigs; staminate 

 in globose stamen clusters, very small; pistillate on different 

 branches, larger, cones of 8 to 12 scales, spreading, red. Fruit 

 annual, pale brown, erect cones, of few, plain scales, the middle 

 ones largest and fertile, each with 2 winged seeds. Dist.: 

 Wet ground; New Brunswick to Manitoba and adjoining 

 states to the south; Atlantic States into New Jersey; along 

 Allegheny Mountains, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Cul- 

 tivated in many varieties as a hedge and ornamental tree. 



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