(114) 



The Red Cedar generally becomes only a medium-sized tree, 

 though it may attain a height of 100 feet. It is most frequently 

 found on old abandoned fields and rocky slopes, not because it 

 prefers such sites, but because other trees crowd it from more 

 favorable locations. Very frequently rows of these trees line 

 fences where birds have dropped the seeds after eating the pulp of 

 the fleshy berries. 



The brittle fragrant wood of Red Cedar has long been used in 

 a number of ways. As a protection against insects it is extensively 

 employed in cedar chests. Its principal use is in the manufacture 

 of pencils. Railroad ties, sills, and a host of other articles have 

 laid claim to the wood. An extract from the fruit and leaves is 

 used in medicine and oil-of -red-cedar, distilled from the wood, 

 enters the making of certain perfumes. 



As an ornamental Red Cedar is highly valued, especially for 

 perpendicular effects. It is perfectly hardy and transplants well 

 but, as so many evergreens, does not like the polluted atmosphere 

 and unfavorable conditions of cities. 



Let us now direct our attention to the trees in the wider part of 

 this planting to the left. We shall begin with that last Silver 

 Red-Cedar that concluded the first row and which stands as a 

 pivotal tree at the point of the embankment. The trees are lined 

 up in approximate rows parallel to this bank and the first row at 

 the foot of the slope, beginning with that corner Silver Red-Cedar, 

 contains eight trees. The first five, including the pivotal one, are 

 Silver Red-Cedars. Then comes a lower Conical Chinese-Juniper 

 (p. 121). "The next scraggly one is 



Juniperus virginiana var. tripartita, the Fountain Red- Cedar 



This is an odd form, difficult to distinguish. 



The last tree in this row is 



Juniperus excelsa, the Greek Juniper 



This species is native to southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, and 

 the Caucasus, attaining heights up to 100 feet. In cultivation, var. 

 stricta is better known, for it is a handsome little compact ever- 

 green of perfectly conical form scarcely over three feet in height. 



