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sown ill spring in a seed-bed ; it attains a height of 

 thirty feet, and prefers dry places. It may be transplanted 

 a year from seed, and finally set out at three years old. 

 As the seed is loath to sprout, the bed should be fre- 

 quently watered. The wood of the red-cedar, which is 

 close-grained and sweet-scented, is used to make the 



70, — Year-old oak, with its tap-root. 



sheaths of lead-pencils. This is hardly to be called a 

 forest-tree, but good hedges can be made of it, if 

 properly trimmed. Eng. No. 90, p. 101, shows the red 

 cedar, and No. 91, p. 102, its leaves and seeds. 



Pinus mitts — Yellow-Pine. 



This pine, which does not, at maturity, often exceed 

 sixty feet by fifteen inches in diameter, loves sandy 

 situations. Its wood, very fine in grain, is much used in 



