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in a horizontal direction, clad with looser and more pendent 

 foliage, give the whole tree quite another character. The 

 twisted stems, too, when they become aged, have a singular, 

 dried-looking, whitish bark, which is quite unique and 

 peculiar. There is a very fine natural avenue of Red 

 Cedars near Fishkill landing, in Duchess Co., composed of 

 two rows of noble trees 35 or 40 feet high, which is a very 

 agreeable walk in winter and early spring. This has given 

 the name of Cedar Grove to the country seat in question, 

 where the Red Cedar grows spontaneously upon a slate 

 subsoil with great luxuriance. There the trees are dis- 

 seminated widely by the birds, which feed with avidity 

 upon the berries. 



The Red Cedar is well known to every person as one of 

 our very best timber trees. It takes its name from the 

 reddish hue of the perfect wood. This has a fragrant odor, 

 and is not only light, fine-grained, and close in texture, but 

 extremely durable. It is therefore much employed (though 

 of late it is becoming scarcer) in conjunction with Live 

 oak, which is too heavy alone, in ship-building. It is also 

 valued for its great durability as posts for fencing ; and is 

 exported to Europe, to be used in the manufacture of pen- 

 cils, and other useful purposes. 



The Arbor Vit^ Tree. Thuja. 



Nat. Ord. Coniferae. Lin. Syst. Monoecia, Monadelphia. 



The Arbor Vitae (Thuja occidentalis), sometimes also 

 called Flat Cedar, or White Cedar, is distinguished from 



