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at the end of the branches, maturing the first year, globose, about 

 2 cm. {% inch) in diameter, wrinkled; seeds in pairs under each 

 scale. 



Distribution. Along the Atlantic coast from Delaware south to 

 Florida and along the Mississippi Valley south from southern In 

 diana and IlHnois to the Gulf. In Indiana it is found only in the 

 southwestern part of the State, along the wet banks of streams or 

 in river swamps and sloughs. In Posey County it is found in a 

 few sloughs along the Ohio River about 3 miles east of Mt. Vernon, 

 on the low border of Hovey Lake and in a few swamps along the 

 Wabash River south of Bone Bank which is 6 miles south of a line 

 running due west from Mt. Vernon. It is not found between Bone 

 Bank and White River. Just north of White River in Knox County 

 it formerly filled extensive sloughs. These have been drained, 

 eleared and are now cultivated. It is usually a large tree, some- 

 times reaching a height of 45 m. (145 feet) and a diameter of 18 

 dm. (72 inches). 



The published records of the distribution are as follows: Clark* 

 (Baird and Taylor); Gibson, Knox and Posey (Schneck); Knox and 

 Posey (Wright). 



Additional records are: Knox and Posey (Deam). 



Economic uses. Wood light, soft, not strong, straight-grained, 

 does not warp or shrink much, variable in color from a light to a 

 dark brown, easily worked, frequently pitted by disease, and lumber 

 which shows this disease is commercially known as "pecky cypress". 

 Used principally for construction purposes. The tree has prac- 

 tically disappeared from our area because the wood is easy to work 

 and the swamps in which it grew have been drained and are now 

 cultivated. 



Horticultural value. Strongly recommended by some nursery- 

 men for ornamental planting. In some localities in the eastern 

 states it is a fair success. The tree is adapted to a wet soil and 

 no doubt in such situations would prove hardy and a moderately 

 fast growing tree. 



5. THUJA. Arbor-vit^. 



Thuja occidentalis Linnaeus. Arbor-vit^. Plate 13. Small 

 evergreen trees or shrubs with bark on old trees reddish-brown or 

 dark gray, shreddy; branchlets compressed, reddish-brown; leaves 

 of two kinds, sharp-pointed and awl-shaped on the older branches, 



*Doubtless from a cultivated tree, because information solicited from the oldest residents of the 

 county failed to verify this record, 



