176 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



CONIFERS. 



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/ 326. Libocedrus decurrens, Torrey, 



Smithsonian Contril)., vi,7, t. 3; Pacific R. R. Ecp. iv, 140; Bot. Mcx.Bouudur}- Survey, 211; Bot.Wilkes Exped.t.lC. Beutbam, PI. 

 Hartweg. 338. Lindley in London Gard. Chronicle, IBM, 695. Newberry in Pacific R. R. Rep. vi, 63. Cooper in Smitlisouiau Rep. 

 1858,262. Walpers, Ann. v, 795. Bolaudcr in Proc. California Acad, iii, 226. Parlatore in De Caudolle, Prodr. xvi^, 456. R. 

 Brown Campst. in Trans. Edinburgh Bot. Soc. ix, 373. Hoopes, Evergreens, 309, f. 40. Watson in King's Rep. v, 335; Bot. 

 California, ii, 116. A. Murray in London Garden, ii, 542. Gordon, Pinetum, 2 ed.402. Vcitch, Manual Conif. 267. 



Thuya Craigana, Murray in Rep. Oregon Exped. 2, t. 5. 



Thuya gigantea, Canifere in Rev. Hort. 1854, 224, f. 12-14, in part ; Fl. des Senes, ix, 199, f. 3-5, in part; Trait. Conif. 106, 

 in part; 2 ed. 112, in part. Gordon, Pinetum, 321, in part; Suppl. 102, in part. Henkel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 

 280, in part. 



Heyderia decurrens, Koch,Deudrologie,ii^, 179. 



WHITE OEDAE. BASTARD CEDAR. POST CEDAR. INCENSE CEDAR. 



Xortb fork of the Sautiau river, Oregon, south along tbe western slopes of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada 

 mountains between 3,000 and 8,500 feet elevation, and through the California Coast ranges to the San Bernardino 

 and Caj uniaca mountains. 



A large tree, 30 to 45 meters in height, with a trunk 1.20 to 2.10 meters in diameter; slopes and valleys; common. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, close-grained, compact, very durable in contact with tbe soil ; bands of 

 small summer cells tbin, dark colored, conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous, obscure; the thin sap-wood nearly 

 white ; specific gravity, 0.4017 ; ash, 0.08 ; largely used for fencing and in the construction of water-flumes, and for 

 interior finish, furniture, laths, shingles, etc.; often injured by a species of dry rot [Dadalia vorax, Harkness in 

 Pacific Rural Press, Jan. 25, 1879, f. 1, 2), rendering it unfit for lumber. 



327. Thuya occidentalis, Linnajns, 



Spec. 1 ed. 1002. Kalm, Travels, English ed. iii, 170. Marshall, Arbustum, 152. Wangenheim, Amer. 7, t. 2, f. 3. Walter, Fl. 

 Caroliniana, 238. Alton, Hort. Kew. iii, 371 ; 2 ed. v, 321. Ga;rtner, Fmct. ii, 62, t. 91, f. 2. Michanx, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 209. 

 Willdenow, Spec, iv, ,')0H ; Ennin.990; Berl. Baumz. 504. Nonveau Duhamel, iii, 12, t. 4. Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, vii, 369; 111. 

 iii, 369. Schkuhr, Handb. iii, 287, t.309. Persoon, Syn. ii, 580. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 575. Titford, Hort. Bot. Aiu. 98. 

 Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 29, t. 3; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. iii, 177, t. 156. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 647. Barton, Prodr. Fl. 

 Philadelph. 93. Eaton, Manual, 111; 6 ed. 364. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 224. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 177. Elliott, Sk. ii, 641. Watson, 

 Dend. Brit, ii, 150. Sprongel, Syst. iii,888. Richard, Conif. 43, t. 71, f. 1. Torrey, Corapend. Fl. N. States, 361 ; Fl. N. York, ii, 

 234. Rafinesque, Med. Bot. ii, 268. Beck, Bot. 338. Loudon, Arboretum, iv, 24.54, f. 2312-2314 & t. Forbes, Pinetum Woburn. 

 193.- Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 165. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 451. Bigelow, Fl. Boston. 3ed. 388. Spach, Hist. Veg. xi, 339. Penn. 

 Cycl. xxiv, 409. Roid in Loudon Gard. Chronicle, 1844, 276. Emerson, Trees Massachusetts, 96; 2 ed. i, 112. Endlicher, Syn. 

 Conif. 51. Lindley & Gordon in Jonr. Hort. Soc. London, v, 206. Parry in Owen's Rep. 618. Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 ed. 

 294. Knight, Syn. Conif. 16. Carrifcre in Rev. Hort. 1854, 224, f. 15; Trait. Conif. 103; 2 ed. 109. Darby, Bot. S. States, 516. 

 Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 257. Gordon, Pinetum, 323; 2 ed. 403. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 436. Wood, CI. Book, 662; 

 Bot. & Fl. 315. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 507. Hcukel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 278. Nelson, Pinacea^, 68. R. Brown 

 Campst. in Trans. Edinburgh Bot. Soc. ix, 363. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 472. Hoopes, Evergreens, 317. Parlatore in De 

 Caudolle, Prodr. xvi-, 458. Schnizlein, Icon. t. 76, f. 2. Koch, Dendrologie, ii=, 173. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 36. Macoun 

 in Geological Rep. Canada, 1875-'76, 211. Sears in Bull. Essex lust, xiii, 1S5. Veitch, Manual Conif. 261. Bell in Geological Rep. 

 Canatla, 1879-'80, 47^ 



T. odorata, Marshall, Arbnstuni, 1.52. 



T. obtlixa, Mu'Uch,Meth.691. 



Cupressus Arbor-vita', Targione-Tozzetti.Obs. Bot. ii,51. 



T, Wareana and T. Sihirica, Hort. 



WHITE CEDAR. ARBOR-VIT.*:. 



New Brunswick to Anticosti island, through tbe valley of the Saint Lawrence river to the southern shores of 

 -James' bay and southeast to the eastern extremity of lake Winnii)eg, south thi'ongb the northern states to central 

 New York, northern Pennsylvania, central Michigan, northern Illinois, central Minnesota, and along tbe Alleghany 

 mountains to the high peaks of North Carolina. 



A tree 12 to 18 meters in height, with a trunk sometimes 1.20 to 1.50 meter in diameter; cold, wet swamps 

 and along the rocky banks of streams ; very common at the north, spreading over great areas of swamp ; extensively 

 cultivated as a hedge and ornamental plant, and producing innumerable seminal varieties, of more or less 

 horticultural value. 



