40 TIMBER 
Port Orford Cedar.—This is another important tree 
of Western American origin; its acreage however is 
somewhat limited. It attains to aheight of from 125 ft. 
to 150 ft., and a diameter near the ground of 4 ft. to 
12 ft. The wood is straight and close grained, soft, 
elastic, durable, and of a yellowish-white colour. It 
is used for flooring and similar work, and is held in 
much esteem by Californian consumers. Very little 
has been exported as yet to England. It was intro- 
duced into Europe in 1854, and is known, botanically, 
as Cupressus Lawsoniana, there being now, it is 
stated, not less than sixty-eight garden species under 
cultivation. 
Pencil or Red Cedar.—This is a species of Juniper 
tree, widely distributed in the United States, but 
growing more freely in the southern parts, especially 
in Florida. It is also met with in Canada but only in 
limited quantities. The tree is of moderate growth, 
and yields the wood which has such an extensive use 
among pencil manufacturers. For this purpose it is 
unequalled, being of fine, straight, silky grain, easily 
worked and fairly strong, and no efficient substitute has 
as yet been found in any part of the world to supplant it 
in its use for pencil-making. Enormous inroads have 
been made on the supplies to meet the ever-growing 
demands for the above purpose, and the exhaustion 
of the wood is understood to be well within sight. It 
arrives in small, short logs, which, indicating the diffi- 
culty of procuring supplies, show yearly a deterioration 
in quality. 
Pitch Pine.—A well-known timber that has been 
largely used in Great Britain during the last eighty or 
100 years has next to be noted. 
Known in the United States as Long Leaf Pine, the 
above-named timber is, perhaps, the most important 
