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USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Thuja gigantea. Ked Cedar. Canoe Cedar. 



Exogen. Conifera. A very large tree, 90 to 120 feet. 



Native names. —Red cedar, gigantic red cedar, Pacific red cedar, gigantic cedar, 



shinglewood, arbor vit;e of California. 



Alaska, south, along the coast rauges and islands of British Columbia, through 



western Washington and Oregon, and the coast ranges of northern California to 



Mendocino County, extending to western slopes of the Rocky Mountains and north 



Fig. 99.— Plant of Thrinax paruijlora. 



Montana. "Largely used for interior finish, fencing, cabinetmaking, and cooperage, 

 and exclusively used by the Indians of the northwest coast in the manufacture of 

 their canoes." (C. S. Sargent.) 



Bast Fiber. — The inner bark is a heavy layer of soft bast which the Indians of 

 flic North Pacific Coast make use of in all of their industries. In their houses it 

 frequently forms the roof; the units made of it serve for doors, for hangings, for 

 beds, for coverings of boxes, and for ornamental purposes. In their costumes it is 



