270 TREES 



out the war canoe and "dug-out" which solve his prob- 

 lems of transportation in summer. Durability is the 

 chief merit of this soft, brittle wood, which is easily worked 

 with the Indian's crude tools. The bark of the tree fur- 

 nishes the walls of the Indian huts and its inner fibre 

 is the raw material of his cordage — the harness for his 

 dog team, his nets and lines for fishing; and it is the basis 

 of the squaw's basket-weaving industry. 



This is the best arbor-vitae for ornamental planting. 

 Its success in Europe is very strildng, and from European 

 nurseries it has been successfully re-introduced into the 

 United States, where it is hardy and vigorous. But it 

 fails when taken directly into the North Atlantic states. 

 It must come in via Europe, as nearly all West Coast 

 trees have to do in order to succeed. 



THE INCENSE CEDAR 



One tree, so magnificent in proportions that it ranks 

 among the giants in our Western forests, stands as the 

 sole American representative of its genus. Its nearest 

 relatives are the arbor- vitaes, sequoias, and the bald cypress 

 of the South. 



The incense cedar (Librocedrus DecurrenSy Torr.) has 

 its name from its resinous, aromatic sap. The tree, when 

 it grows apart from others, forms a perfect tapering pyra- 

 mid, with flat, plume-like sprays that sweep downward 

 and outward with wonderful lightness and grace. The 

 leaves are scale-like, closely appressed to the wiry twigs, 

 in four ranks, bright green, tinged with gold in late winter, 

 by the abundance of the yellow staminate flowers. The 

 cones are small, narrowly pointed, made of few paired 



