90 TIMBER 



It is usually got in lengths of about 25 ft. and 15 to 

 20 inches square ; the annual rings are fairly close, eight to 

 fifteen to the inch, and in old trees from twenty to thirty, 

 and the medullary rays are small and faint. It comes to 

 the English market under the name of pencil cedar. 

 Weight about 31 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



White Cedar, of which there are several varieties, is a 

 similar timber to the red cedar, but is whitish or light 

 greyish brown in colour, and has not the strong fragrance 

 of the latter. 



The following are white cedars in the American timber 

 trade : 



Port Orford Cedar (Cnpressus lawsoniana), a very large 

 tree of Oregon, yielding a fine, close-grained, yellowish 

 white durable timber, elastic, easily worked, free of knots, 

 and fragrant, and much used for panelling and furniture. 



The Alaska or Yellow Cedar (Cnpressus nootkatensis) of 

 the same high regions on the west coast is equal to or 

 better than the above for inside work. 



White Cedar (Capressus tJtyoides), also from the western 

 States. 



The Arbor vitas or White Cedar (Thuya occidentalis), a tree 

 of 20 to 40 ft. in height, which grows in the northern 

 States, is much appreciated .for sleepers ; used also for 

 shingles (all cedars are appreciated for shingles and are 

 more used for this purpose than any other timber in the 

 United States, and white cedar shingles, if of good quality, 

 have a life of forty to fifty years in the northern States), 1 



1 Eoof shingles iu America are from 16 to 24 inches long, 6 to 10 

 inches broad, and taper in thickness from | to 1J inches. In the 

 Alpine districts of Europe they are larger. 



