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at a small angle with the trunk, and forming a denser mass 

 of foliage than can be found in any other tree. A singular 

 habit of this species is a tendency to produce tufts of branches 

 with foliage resembling that of the prostrate Juniper [Eagle's 

 Nest) as if the latter had been engrafted upon it. The ber- 

 ries, which are very abundant in the fertile trees, are of a 

 light bluish color, and are highly ornamental. They afford 

 a winter repast to many species of birds, and are eaten with 

 avidity, as soon as they are ripe, by the Waxwing-s, which 

 on this account have received the name of Cedar-birds. The 

 branches of the Juniper, when brought in contact with the 

 soil, readily take root ; and hence we often see a clump of 

 small trees springing up around a large tree, from the lower 

 branches that have dipped their extremities into the soil and 

 there taken root. 



The Red Cedar is considered by botanists as identical with 

 the Savin of Europe. It has a very wide geographical range, 

 being found over the whole extent of the Atlantic coast of 

 America from Canada to Florida, and in the states on the Gulf 

 of Mexico, and extending to the Rocky Mountains. It is 

 also found in Europe and various parts of Asia, and in some 

 of the West India Islands. The timber of this tree is ex- 

 ceedingly valuable, on account of its durability ; but in this 

 vicinity it is, on account of its inferior growth, seldom used 

 except for posts. 



The White Cedar (Cupressus thuyoides) is of but little 

 value for cultivation, as it does not thrive well except in wet 

 and swampy situations. This is the tree which predominates 

 in those deep morasses, known as Cedar-swamps, so remark- 

 able for the difficulty with which they can be reduced to til- 

 lage. It is superior in beauty as well as in size to either the 

 Arborvitas or the Juniper, having a more delicate foliage 

 than either, resembling them in the graceful flexibility of 

 their terminal branches, and often attaining the height of 

 sixty or seventy feet. By some writers this tree is classed 

 with the cypresses, by others with the Arborvitass, having 

 about an equal resemblance to each. Its similarity, however, 

 to the Juniper or Red Cedar, in the eyes of one who is not a 



