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durable. The wood has a pleasant odour, which is obnoxious to 

 insects. It is, therefore, suitable for cabinets, internal work, 

 carving, etc., for which purposes it seems to have been mainly 

 employed by the ancients, with whom it had so great a repute 

 for durability. In the Cilician Taurus it is used for the best 

 household furniture and for church-fittings. The "Cedar" of 

 the English timber trade is the West Indian Cedrela odordta, 



FIG. 50. Transverse section of Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus Libani). 



shipped from Cuba, Trinidad, Honduras, and Tabasco, and 

 fetching 3d. to 4Jd. per foot. [See Cedar, West Indian.] 



Cedar, Atlas (Cddrus atldntica Manetti). Mount Atlas. 

 Height 80100 ft. ; diam. up to 5 ft. The outer part of the 

 heartwood beautifully veined, resembling in quality and value 

 that of the Deodar of India. Used in North Africa for sleepers, 

 paving, cabinet-making, and carpentry. 



Cedar, Barbadoes (Juniperus barbaddnsis L. : Order Cupres- 

 slnece). "Juniper Cedar." Barbadoes, Jamaica, etc. Closely 



