CHAPTER XXIII. 
CEDARS. 
White Cedar.— Where Found and Soil Suited to its Growth. —Its 
Chief Uses.—Its Ornamental Value.—The Red Cedar.—Its At- 
tainable Growth, Usefulness, and General Appearance.—Its Vege- 
tating Properties.—Reasons for its Non-extensive Culture.—Com- 
mon Juniper.—Its Nativity.—The Attainable Growth of Varie- 
ties.—Its Medicinal and other Properties. How Propagated.— 
Care Necessary for the Protection of Young Plants.—The Cedran- 
tree.—Where Indigenous.—Its Antidotary Properties. 
WHITE CEDAR. 
Tuts tree is found in swampy ground all along the 
Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Florida: its chief 
uses are in the manufacture of shingles and wooden- 
ware for household purposes. I have seldom seen it 
advertised in nursery catalogues, and I am in doubt as 
to whether it would grow to any height in any other 
locality than that which it at present occupies. It is 
a very slow grower, and a very ornamental tree, which 
fact alone should entitle it to more consideration than it 
receives. 
RED CEDAR. 
This tree grows to the height of thirty or forty feet, 
with a diameter of twelve or fifteen inches; it is used 
for posts, rails, rustic work, and ship-building, but more 
especially for use in the manufacture of lead-pencils and 
penholders. It has long, spreading branches that are 
sometimes longer than the trunk of the tree; others 
are more conical, but these are more generally those that 
are cultivated and placed in shape by careful training. 
It is very slow of growth, and as an ornamental tree it 
