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districts but high up in the mountains. The wood 

 is hard and durable and is used for structural timbers 

 and railway ties. 



THE CEDARS 



There are two species of cedar in Canada, one 

 growing from the Atlantic to Manitoba, and 

 the other confined to British Columbia. The 

 bark is thin and shreds in strips, and the foliage 

 consists of tiny, over - lapping, scale -like evergreen 

 leaves. The cones are very small. 

 Cedar wood is light and durable and 

 is used for shingles, poles, posts, 

 railway ties, and in buildings. What 

 is sometimes called yellow cedar on 

 the coast of British Columbia belongs 

 to a different genus and is generally 

 called yellow cypress. The cones are 

 not so narrow and elongated as those 

 of the cedars previously described, 

 and the wood is harder and heavier and 

 has not the same characteristic odour. 



