THE CYPRESS SUB-FAMILY. 



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to be a valuable acquisition to planters in the Middle 

 States at least, if not still farther north. 



2, Tt OCcidentalis, Linnaeus. AMERICAN" AKBOR VITJE. 

 (White Cedar, incorrectly of some.) Leaves quite small, 

 closely appressed, rhombic-ovate, imbricated in four rows. 



Fig. 41. THUJA OCCIBENTALIS. 



Branches very numerous, ramulose, and assurgent, or re- 

 curved. Cones small, oblong-ovoid, with dry, spreading, 

 pointless scales. Seeds with a broad wing all round the 



margin. 



This well-known tree is a native of the northern portion 

 of our continent, inhabiting low, moist situations, princi- 



