RED CEDAR LORE 273 



pendants that will come to them in future springs 

 and the rubies of coming autumns, open their 

 leaves there like the wide starry eyes of wonder- 

 ing baby girls. The kindergarten of the pasture 

 is taught under the big white oaks and all the 

 babies of the pasture folk attend. 



The cedars make up much of the picturesque: 

 beauty of the pastures and it is pleasant to know 

 that these beautiful trees whose personality is so 

 marked as they group in the golden sunshine, 

 their 'bronze garments beaded with the blue of 

 their fruit, are of excellent family, they and their 

 relatives greatly esteemed for their value and 

 beauty the world over. The first explorers of 

 the country spoke enthusiastically of our red 

 cedar as one of the finest woods of the New 

 World, praising its quality and especially its dur- 

 ability. Indeed the heart w^ood of red cedar 

 seems to hold an oil which makes it proof against 

 vermin and fungi. Every housewife knows the 

 value of red cedar chips or red cedar chests in 

 keeping garments safe from moths. Every old- 

 time farmer knows the value of red cedar as 

 fence-posts. The heart wood seems practically 

 indestructible by rot. Posts set in the ground 



