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as in most of the other pines. One of the junipers, the red 

 cedar, grows in Minnesota as a tall tree. It is not very com- 

 mon in the state, but is found at Redwood Falls and on lake 

 shores and bluffs at a few isolated localities in the southern 

 part. The leaves are short and broad with sharp points and 

 are developed in four rows. The red cedar is the most widely 

 distributed plant of its family in North America. The wood is 

 light, perfumed, of a reddish color, except in the outer layers, 

 where it is white. It is largely used in cabinet making, in the 



FIG. 74. Red cedars on the banks of a Minnesota lake. After photograph by Williams. 



manufacture of lead pencils, and is believed to be so particularly 

 distasteful to moths that closets in which woolen clothing and 

 furs are to be hung during the summer months are sometimes 

 lined with it. 



The other junipers of the state are low shrubs. One is char- 

 acterized by spreading awl-shaped leaves arranged in whorls of 

 three, and this form sometimes growls into a low tree. The 

 others are prostrate shrubs creeping over the rocks or sand, and 

 are abundant in the northern part of the state where they form 

 a distinctive vegetation on some of the islands in Lake of the 



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