CATALOGUE OF FOREST TREES. 177 



Wood very light, soft, not strong, brittle, rather coarse-grained, compact, very durable iu contact with the 

 soil; the bands of small summer cells very thin, dark colored ; medullary rays numerous, indistinct; color, light 

 brown, turning darker with exposure, the thiu sap-wood nearly white; specific gravity, 0.31G4; ash, 0.37; largely 

 used for posts, fencing, railway ties, and shingles. 



The distilled oil and a tincture of the leaves of Thuya have been found nsefulin the treatment of pulmonary 

 iiud uterine complaints [U. S. Dispensatory, 14 ed. 1775. N'at. Dispensatory, 2 ed. 1428). 



328. Thuya gigantea, Nuttall, 



Jour. Philadelphi.'i Acid, vii, 52 ; Syl va, iii, 102, t. iii ; 2 ed. ii, 162, t. 111. Loddiges, Cat. ed. 1836. Loudon, Arboretum, Iv, 2458. 

 Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 165. Spach, Hist. Veg. xi, 342. Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 52. Lindley & Gordon in Jour. Hort. Soo. 

 London, v, 206. Newberry in Pacific E. R. Rep. vi, 56, f. 22. Carrifere, Trait. Conif. 102 ; 2ed. 112, in part. Cooper in Smithsonian 

 Eep. 1858,262; Am. Nat. iii, 413. Gordon, Pinetnm, 321, in part; Suppl. 102; 2 ed. 181. Torrey, Bot. Mox. Boundary Survey, 

 211. Lyall in Jour. Linnaiau Soc. vii, 133, 144. Henkel & Hochstetter, Nadclholz. 280, iu part. Nelson, Pinacea;, 67. Eothrock 

 in Smithsonian Rep. 1867, 434. Parlatore iu De CandoUe, Prodr. xvi^, 457. R. Brown Campst. in Trans. Edinburgh Bot. Soo. ix, 

 367. Hoopes, Evergreens, 315. London Gard. Chronicle, 1871, 683. Gray in Proc. Am. Acad, vii, 402. Fowler in London Gard. 

 Chronicle, 1872, 1527. Koch, Deedrologie, ii=, 176. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 36. E. Hall in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, ii, 91. 

 Watson, Bot. California, ii, 115. G. M. Dawson in Canadian Nat. new ser. ix, 324. T. Howell in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, vi, 

 267. Veitch, Manual Conif. 256. 



T. plicata, Don, Hort. Cantab. 6 ed. 249. Lambert, Pinus, 1 ed. ii, 19; 2 ed. 114, in part. Nuttall, Sylva, iii, 103; 2ed.ii, 

 164. Spach, Hist. Veg. xi, 342. Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 51 (excl. syn. Wareana & odoraia). Lindley & Gordon in* 

 Jour. Hort. Soc. London, v, 205. Knight, Syn. Conif. 16. Carrifere, Trait. Conif. 102 (cxcl.syn. Wareana & odorata); 

 2 ed. 106 (cxcl. syn. JFareawa). Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 262; Pacific R. R. Uep. xii'^, 27. Henkel & 

 Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 277 (excl. syn. odo?-o<a). Nelson, Pinacese, 68. Gordon, Pinetum, 2 ed. 406. A. De Candolle, 

 Prodr. xvi-, 457, in part. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 36. Veitch, Manual Conif. 263. 



T. Menziesii, Douglas, Mss.Carrifere, Trait. Conif. 106; 2 ed. 107. Gordon, Pinetum, 323. Nelson, Pinaceaj, 67. 

 Henkel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 281. 



T. Lobbii, Hort. 



T. OCeidentaUs, var. plicata, Hort. Hoopes, Evergreens, 321. 



RED CEDAR. CANOE CEDAR. 



Alaska, south along the Coast ranges and islands of British Columbia, through western Washington territory 

 and Oregon and the Coast ranges of northern California to Mendocino county, extending east along the mountains 

 of Washington territory to the Cceur d'Alene, Bitter Eoot, and Salmon River mountains of Idaho and the western 

 slopes of the Eocky mountains of northern Montana (Ganby & Sargent). 



A large tree, 30 to 45 meters in height, with a trunk 0.90 to 3.60 meters in diameter; low, rich woods and 

 swamps, less commonly on dry ridges and slopes below 5,200 feet elevation ; common and reaching its greatest 

 develoi)ment in western Washiugton territory .and Oregon; the large specimens generally hollow. 



Wood very light, soft, not strong, brittle, rather coarse-grained, compact, easily worked, very durable in 

 contact with the soil; bands of small summer cells thin, dark colored, distinct; medullary rays numerous, 

 obscure; color, dull brown tinged with red, the thin sap-wood nearly white; specific gravity, 0.379G; ash, 0.17; 

 largely u.sed for interior finish, fencing, shingles, in cabinet-making and cooperage, and exclusively by the Indians 

 .of the northwest coast in the manufacture of their canoes. 



329. Chamaecyparis sphseroidea, Spach, 



Hist. Veg. xi, 331. Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 61. Lindley & Gordon in Jour. Hort. Soc. London, v, 209. Knight, Syn. Conif. 20. 

 Carril-re, Trait. Conif. 133 ; 2 ed. 122. Gordon, Pinetum, 49 ; 2 ed. 71. Henkel & Hochstetter, ^^delholz. 248. Nelson, Pinacese, 

 69. Parlatore in De Candolle, Prodr. xvi^ 464. Ridgway in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 87. 



CupreSSUS thyoides, Linnaius, Spec. 1 ed. 1003. Kalm, Travels, English ed. ii, 174. Du Roi, Harbk. ii, 198. Marshall, 

 Arbustum, 39. Wangcnheim, Anier. 8, t. 2, f. 4. Aiton, Hort. Kew. iii, 372; 2 ed. v, .323. Bartram, Travels, 2 ed. 

 409. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 208. Willdenow, Spec, iv, 512; Enum. 991; Berl. Baumz. 111. Nouveau Duhamel, 

 iii, 6. Persoon, Syn. ii, 530. Dcsfontaincs, Hint. Arb. ii, 567. Schkuhr, Handb. iii, 286, t. 310. Michaux f. Hist. 

 Arb. Am. iii, 20, t.2; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. iii, 162, t. 152. Pursli, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 646. Eaton, Manual, 111; 6 

 ed. 11.5. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 224. H.iyno, Dend. Fl. 178. Elliott, Sk. ii, 644. Watson, Doud. Brit, ii, 156. Torrey, 

 Compenil. Fl. N. States, 361 ; Fl. N. York, ii, 233. Beck, Bot. 338. Loudon, Arboretum, iv, 2475, f. 2327. Forbes, 

 Pinetnm Woburn. 183, t. 61. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 165. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 215. Bigelow, Fl. Boston. 3 ed. 

 387. Emer.son, Trees Massachusotts, 98; 2 ed. i, 114. Richardson, Arctic Exped. 442. Darby, Bot. S. States, 516. 

 Cooper in Smithsonian Rej). 18.58, 257. Chajiman, Fl. S. States, 435. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 

 1860, iii, 28. Wood, CI. Book, 663; Bot. & Fl. 315. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 509. Gray, Manual N. States, 

 5 ed. 473. Hoopes, Evergreens, 346. Koch, D<Midrologie, ii=, 162. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 36. Veitch, Manual 

 Conif 23-<. 



Thuya sphwroidea, Sprengel, Syst. iii, 889. 



Thuya sphwroiHalis, Richard, Conif. 45, t. 8, f. 2. 

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