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Thuya occidentalism L. Arbor-vitse. 



"Rocky banks of the Hudson, New Jersey." (Torrey 

 Car.) "Bergen: Near Closter. Warren county. Com- 

 monly planted. Not seen by me growing wild within the 

 State." (Britton.) 



*Chamo3cyparis thyoides, Britt. White Cedar. 



"Passaic: Near the southern end of Greenwood lake. Es- 

 sex: Swamp at Kingsland. Hudson: New Durham and 



Fig. 5. 

 Ckamxcyparis tkyoides, Britt. White Cedar. From Sargent's "Trees of North America." 



Secaucus swamps, abundant; a few trees on the meadows 

 near Newark ; Bergen Point. Middlesex : About the buried 

 forest on Mr. Ernst's property, near South Amboy, and com- 

 mon southward in cedar swamps. Most abundant in the Pine 

 Barrens." (Britton.) 



"The most important tree in the lowlands is the White 

 Cedar (Chamcecyparis thyoides). Erom the accumulation of 

 cedar logs in the beds of many swamps it is safe to call it a 

 native tree. There is nothing more characteristic of the 

 region than swamps of cedar. It grows in dense masses along 

 fresh-water streams. It is becoming scarce, owing to the value 

 of the lumber, lack of attention to regeneration and demand 

 for the bottom for cranberry bogs. When a cedar swamp is 

 cut, the kind of trees which follows depends upon several 

 conditions. If the ground is seeded with gum, maple and 

 the like, the cedar loses its hold. If the bottom is not well 



