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section of the Coniferte family, native of the Oregon coast, 

 California. It attains a large size, and is highly esteemed for 

 its timber, especially for inside works, and possesses to a high 

 degree many valuable properties. 



Cedar, White, of California {Thuja giganfea), a large and 

 taU tree belonging to the Cypress tribe of Coniferse. It is also 

 called British Columbian Cedar and Oregon Cedar, being a native 

 of these countries. 



Cedar, Jamaica or West Indian (Cedrela odorata), a large 

 tree of the Mahogany family (Meliacese), native of Honduras, 

 Jamaica, and other parts of tropical America. It is said to be 

 the most valuable timber tree of Jamaica. It is well adapted 

 for the interior of house fittings, furniture, and aU cabinet-work. 

 Its wood is of a reddish-brown colour, arid has a pleasant smell ; 

 but its bark, leaves, and flowers give out, especially when young 

 and after rains, a most disagreeable alliaceous odour, resembling 

 asafoetida or garlic, mixed with that of highly- dried tobacco. 

 Such being the case, the specific name odorata must be con- 

 sidered inappropriate, except that the wood has a similar smell 

 to the cedar. 



Cedar, New South Wales {Cedrela australis), a lofty tree 

 of the Mahogany family (Meliacese), having a circumference of 

 20 to 30 feet. Its wood is soft, of a reddish colour like maho- 

 gany, and is known by the name of Eed Cedar in the 

 colony of New South Wales. It is used for house -building, 

 interior fittings, and cabinet-work. Formerly it was abundant 

 in the Illawarra forests, but it has been in such demand that 

 large trees are now very rare, and nurseries have been formed 

 for raising young trees for future use. Judging from its growth 

 in the greenhouses at Kew, it appears to be a rapid grower, and 

 scarcely distinct from C. odorata of Jamaica. 



Cedar, Indian {Cedrela Toona), a large tree of the Maho- 

 gany family (Meliacese), native of the Bengal and Pegu forests of 

 India. Its wood is fine and close-grained, of a red colour ; its 

 bark is astringent, and has been used as a substitute for Peru- 

 vian bark. The flowers are of an agreeable odour, resembling 



