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e. White Cedar (Chamsecyparis thyoides) 173 



f. Port Orford Cedar, Lawson Cypress (Chamaecyparis law- 



soniana) 1 74. 



g. Yellow Cedar, Yellow Cypress, Sitka Cypress (Chamsecyparis 



nootkatensis) 175 



h. Incense Cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) 176 



CYPRESS (Cupressus, Taxodium). 



Section 36. Confusion of Names. Sources. Historical. Structural and 



Physical Peculiarities. Commercial Divisions. Fungus Disease 177 



a- Cypress, Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) 179 



REDWOOD (Sequoia). 



Section 37. Locality. Peculiarities of Trees. Structural and Physical Quali- 

 ties of Wood. Uses. Mammoth Trees 180 



a. Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 182 



b. Giant Redwood (Sequoia washingtoniana) 182 



PART III. 



ENDOGENOUS SERIES. 



Section 38. Definitions. Cellular Structure. Structural and Physical Pecu- 

 liarities of Endogenous Wood. Uses. General Information 183 



PALM (PALMACE^E). 



Section 39. Localities. Structural and Physical Peculiarities of Wood. 



Uses. Botanical Characteristics 185 



a. Cabbage Palmetto (Sabal palmetto) 186 



b. Washington Palm (Washingtonia filifera) 187 



YUCCA (Yucca). 



Section 40. Localities. Structural and Physical Peculiarities of Wood. 



Uses, etc 188 



a. Joshua Tree, Yucca (Yucca arborescens) 189 



BAMBOO (Bambusse). 



Section 41. Botanical Characteristics. Structural and Physical Peculiarities 



of Wood. Growth. Uses in the Orient. Possibilities in America, etc. 190 

 a. Bamboo (Bambusae vulgaris) 192 



