182 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



allied to, if not identical with, the Red Cedar of the United 

 States (Juniperus virginidna L.). 



Cedar, Bastard, in India. See Bead-tree and Mahogany, 

 East Indian. 



Cedar, Bastard, in Jamaica (Guaznma tomentnsa H.B. : Order 

 Sterculidcece). French "Orme d'Amerique," Telugu "Rudraksha 

 chettu." West Indies. Introduced into Ceylon and Southern 

 India more than a century ago and now common. Light, split- 

 ting easily. Used in Jamaica for staves for sugar hogsheads. 



Cedar, Bastard Pencil (Dysdxylon rufum Benth.: Order 

 Melidcece). Queensland and Northern New South Wales. 

 Height 40 50 ft.; diam. 1^ 2 ft. Red, nicely grained, easily 

 worked. Used for cabinet-work. 



Cedar, Bermuda (Juniperus bermudidna L. : Order Cupressinece). 

 Bermudas. Closely allied to the Red Cedar, Juniperus virginidna. 

 of which it is supposed to be a geographical variety. Height 

 50 60 ft. ; diam. 2 3 ft. Used for boat-building and formerly 

 exported for pencils, for which purpose the Red Cedar has 

 superseded it. 



Cedar, Black (Nectdndra pisi Miq. : Order Laurdcece). French 

 Guiana. Of large dimensions. S.G-. 818531. R 130159 

 kilos. Dark-brown, moderately heavy, firm, easily worked, 

 teredo-proof. Useful for building and for ships' planking, but 

 corroding iron. 



Cedar, Borneo. See Serayah. 



Cedar, Canoe (Thuya gigdntea Nutt. : Order Cupressinew). 

 11 Yellow Cedar." " Red Cedar " (of the Western States). One of 

 the " White Cedars " of the American trade. " Lobb's Arbor- 

 vitse." French "Thuia geant de Californie," Germ. "Riesens- 

 Lebensbaum," Hal. "Albero de la vita di Lobb." Western 

 North America, from Alaska to California. Height 130 200 

 ft. ; diam. 9 ft. or more. Heartwood light greyish-brown, light, 

 soft, brittle, not strong, free from knots, easily split or worked, 

 not warping, and very durable in contact with soil. An important 

 lumber tree, the only wood used by the Red Indians of the 

 North-west for canoes. Used by white settlers for fencing, 



