TREES GROWING NEAR WATER. 



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fastened at their centres. Seeds : one or two under each fertile scale ; oval ; 

 winged at the sides. 



In the fulness of Nature's heart she has provided this beau- 

 tiful and fragrant tree to flourish abun- 

 dantly in places where other useful timber 

 trees are very chary of establishing them- 

 selves. It grows in deep, cold swamps 

 which are frequently immersed during 

 several months of the year. In New 

 England and the Middle States it is not 

 as well-known as it is throughout its 

 more southern range. The deeply tinted 

 little cones which it develops are a pretty 

 sight as they jauntily sit among the blue- 

 green foliage: and the symmetrical figure 

 of the tree makes a clearly cut and 

 distinctive feature on the landscape. 



In the south the wood of the tree is 

 used in ship-building. It is slightly fra- 

 grant, light-coloured and most durable when in contact with 

 the soil. The fact that it is soft and easily worked makes 

 it desirable for many purposes. 



Cham&cy/aris thyo\des. 



ARBOR VIT>E. 



FAMILY SHAPE 



Pine. Conical; branches^ 

 pendulous. 



WHITE CEDAR. 



Thuja occidentdlis. 



HEIGHT RANGE 



20-65 feet. North Carolina north- 

 ward into Canada, and 

 westward. 



{Plate XL VI.) 



TIME OF BLOOM 



April, May. 



Bark : greyish brown ; tinged with orange or red, and separated into narrow, 

 deciduous strips. Leaves ; simple ; opposite ; blunt ; scale-like and overlapping 

 each other as they'grow closely together on branchlets that are very flat. Bright 

 green; aromatic; especially so when bruised. Cones: tiny; yellowish brown; 

 ovate ; nodding and opening to the base when ripe. Scales : six to ten ; ob- 

 long ; without points ; smooth. Seeds : one or two, with thin broad wings 

 notched at the apex. 



This very formal and prim appearing tree has for a long time 

 been extensively planted. In fact it was probably the first 



