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for a hundred years, in which the sap-wood has 

 entirely disappeared beneath the surface, still re- 

 tain the red heart-wood intact, I dare say good 

 for another hundred, or maybe many more. 



As the tree is sturdy in its defiance of moth 

 and mould, so it is bold in its endurance of all 

 weathers and adaptable to all soils. It grows 

 from Nova Scotia to northern Florida and west- 

 ward to the Rocky Mountains, being replaced 

 farther west by another species so much like it 

 that only the expert can tell the difference. In 

 Florida, along the Gulf coast and the Bahamas 

 again, experts say, it is replaced by another spe- 

 cies, but there too only the experts can tell the 

 difference. In the beautiful province of On- 

 tario, between the three great lakes Ontario, 

 Erie and Huron, is a region where it grows 

 well and is universally prevalent, and it grows 

 alike in the limestone flats of the South and on 

 the bleak sandy prairies and ridges of our great 

 central plain. In the Tennessee mountains and 

 southward into Alabama is, however, the greatest 

 red-cedar region and the place where the trees 

 reach their finest growth. In northern Alabama 

 fallen trees have been found lOO feet in height, 

 three feet and more in thickness at a height of 



