Handbook of Trees oe tiif- -N 



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VTES AND 



Canada. 



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Tlie Red Cedar is usually not o\qt 40 or 50 



ft. in lieiylit, Imt e\i'eptii)nally twice as tall, 

 willi liiiiik I'i'iini 'l--'< It. or more in diiuneter. 

 This is l"ici|iieiilly Imtliessed aiid is \i'sted in a 

 librous bark wliieli exfoliates leiigtinvise in 

 strips. W'liile yonn,^f its top is generally nar- 

 row and s|dre-^luip('d, liut willi age its loanelies 

 (dongate ami lop oiil wards, fnrmiiig liiially ,i 

 wade irregular pyramidal nv iviundrd top. It 

 is a tree of wide ilislrilailion and fiMind alike 

 on dry gra\'ell\' slopes, r(j''ky ridges and less 

 abundantly on rich bottom lands. Its pie- 

 turesque form is a feature of ainujst e\ery 

 sontliern landscape from the sanddiills of the 

 coast to the \alleys (jf the interior, and on the 

 blull's of the New Paigland eoast sturdy^ in- 

 di\'idaals eombat the winds cdose to the ocean's 

 epray. 



Its light fragrant w'OOfl of which a cubic 

 foot wdien absoUitidy dry weighs 30.70 lbs. is 

 of a purple-red C(dor, \-ery durable and jie- 

 cnliarly valuable for inaking moth -p-roof (diests 

 for (dotliing, for wooden ware, lead pencil 

 coverings, fence posts, etc., and its biuries and 

 fcdiage possess medicinal properties. i 



Lrnrr.i of two snrls, sctIc-I ike. opposite, closel.v 

 apin-essed. oiie-sixleenili in. lerrii' and forming' a 

 slender 4-siile(l l.r:i n<-li leC, Kcnerali.v acute or ohtuse, 

 KlancivOar-(l<ille(l am] dark yri'en, or on young or 

 visorous shoots sul>iilate, Vi-'Ji in. long and lighter 

 green ; buds naked, h'tairrrx in ver.v earl.v spring, 

 terminal, <lioeeions : starainate with 10 or ] li 

 stamens with rounded entire connectives and gen- 

 erall.v 4 pollen sacs; pistillate with vlolet-ccilcn-ed 

 acute and spreading scales. Fnrit sutiglohosc, 

 aliout Vi in. in diameter, dark blue wltli glaucous 

 bleom, at maturity sweetish resinous " ' 

 usnally 1 nr l: acute seeds: c.l yledmis 



1. A. W., r, 25. 



-. [''or genus see p. 422. 



Ilesh ami 



