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and the ease with which it can be worked. This is the 

 familiar tree of our roadside, where the birds who feast 

 on the cedar berries have stood on the fence rails and 

 unconsciously planted rows of cedars for future genera- 

 tions by dropping the seeds on the ground. 



Fig. 1.30. Red Cedar growing along Roadside from Seed dropped by Birds 



The red cedar seems to grow where other trees can- 

 not exist, but like other trees responds to good treat- 

 ment and reaches its best development in the balmy 

 and luxuriant South. 



It is found from Maine to Florida and from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific. In the North it rarely grows 



