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times. During the months when the ground is not frozen they 

 are absolutely satisfactory in every respect. 



Range and Habit of Growth. The red cedar grows naturally 

 throughout the greater part of the United States from Maine 

 to Florida, and from Florida northwest across the plains states 

 to the Rocky Mountain region and British Columbia. Through- 

 out the New England states they are found growing on all 

 types of soil, excepting in swampy, wet situations. In the 

 southern states they are a swamp-type tree. Throughout the 

 plains states and the western mountain regions they are found 

 occupying the bleakest and most exposed situations on north 

 and northeast slopes. This range of habit indicates their 



FIG. 176. Red cedar trees in a farm woodlot. These trees are forty-two years of age, 

 and will cut twelve posts each. 



