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and in Cape Colony to the Coniferous Widdringtdnia, juniperoides. 

 In English commerce the name refers to Junlperus virginidna [See 

 Cedar, Red]. Dysdxylon Fraseridnum Benth. (Order Melidcece), 

 known also as " Eosewood " or " Bog-onion," 50 70 ft. in height 

 and 3 4 ft. in diameter, yields a reddish, prettily-figured, 

 fragrant, easily-worked wood, valued for furniture, turning, 

 engraving and ship-building, being, in fact, a substitute for 

 Mahogany. D. Muelleri Benth., known, from the smell of the 

 wood when freshly cut, as " Turnip-wood," the " Kidgi-kidgi " of 

 the aborigines, a taller tree, yields a rich red wood, equally 

 valuable. Podocdrpus eldta K. Br> (Order Taxdcece), known also as 

 " Pine, White " or " She Pine," or " Native Deal," is a fine tree, 

 50130 ft. high and 25 ft. in diam. W 45-7. Though seldom 

 cylindrical, it is free from knots, sometimes beautifully figured, 

 soft, fine, close and silky ingrain, easily worked, durable, termite- 

 and teredo-proof, and valued for joinery and cabinet-work. 

 Widdringtdnia juniperoides, growing above the winter range of 

 snow on the Cederberg in the Clanwilliam district of Cape Colony, 

 sometimes reaches 12 ft. in diam. It is known as " Ceder Boom " 

 to the Dutch, and the demand for it exceeds the supply. The 

 allied W. Whitei Rendle, of elevated kloofs in the Shire Highlands, 

 Nyassaland, is a fine tree, 150 ft. high, reaching 6 ft. diam., and 

 yielding an ornamental, fragrant, light, yellow-brown wood, 

 susceptible of a good polish, and suitable for building, pencils and 

 other purposes. Though suitable for re-afforesting tropical high- 

 lands, this species is not at present abundant. 



Cedar, Red, in Cape Colony (Cundnia captnsis L. : Order 

 Cunonidcece). Dutch "Rood Els." Height 1525 or even 60 ft.; 

 diam. 1| 2 ft. Close-grained, tough, resembling Linden-wood, 

 taking a good polish. Much used in cabinet-work and turnery 

 and by wheelwrights. 



Cedar, Pink or Red, of Sikkim tea-planters, used for tea- 

 chests and furniture, is Acrocdrpus fraxinifdlius Wight (Order 

 Legumin6sce\ the " Mandania " of the natives. 



Cedar, Red, in Australia (Cedrela Toona). See Cedar, 

 Moulmein. 



