122 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING 



over twenty feet high, and is of compact growth, but in 

 Florida it reaches eighty feet. 



The leaves are remarkable in that there are two 

 shapes, the sharp or awl-shaped, and the scale-shaped, 

 growing upon the same branch. 



The wood is valuable for many purposes and has been 

 used so extensively that it is becoming scarce. 



Florida has furnished the world with red cedar for 

 lead pencils for years, and it is said that during the 

 Civil War, when the whole southern coast was block- 

 aded, the European manufacturers were obliged to scour 

 the world to find a substitute for the Florida cedar. 



