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broad-leaved trees, especially the Meliaceous genus Oedrela, most 

 of which resemble the true Cedar in being brown, even-grained 

 woods of moderate hardness and often fragrant. The true Cedar 

 is a native of the Lebanon, Taurus, and neighbouring ranges of 

 South- West Asia, and was introduced into England as an orna 

 mental tree after the middle of the seventeenth century, that at 

 Enfield being perhaps the oldest existing English tree. French 

 " Cedre du Liban," Germ. " Libanon Coder," ItaL " Cedro del 

 Libano." Hehr. " Erez," Oreeh K^Spos. Height 50—80 ft.; 

 diam. 3—4 ft. or more. S.G. 480. Reddish-brown, light, straight 

 and open-grained, very porous, soft and spongy in the centre, easily 

 worked, but rather brittle, liable to extensive heart- and cup- 

 shakes, not strong. Mountain-grown Cedar is harder, stronger, 

 less liable to warp and more durable. The wood has a pleasant 

 odour, which is obnoxious to insects. It is, therefore, suitable 

 for cabinets, internal work, carving, etc., for which purposes it 

 seems to have been mainly employed by the ancients, with whom 

 it had so great a repute for durability. In the Gilician Taurus it is 

 used for the best household furniture and for church-fittings. The 

 '' Cedar " of the EngHsh timber trade is the West Indian Cedrela 

 odordta, shipped from Cuba, Trinidad, Honduras, and Tabasco, 

 and fetching 3d. to 4|d. per foot. [See Cedar, West Indian.] 



Cedar, Atlas {Cedrus atldnfica Manetti). Mount Atlas, Height 

 80—100 ft. ; diam. up to 5 ft. W 49—85. Sometimes a deep 

 Mahogany-red, fibrous, even-grained, not strong, very durable, 

 neither splitting nor warping, taking glue well. The outer part of 

 the heartwood beautifully veined, resembling in quality and value 

 that of the Deodar of India. Used in North America for sleepers, 

 paving, cabinet-making, and carpentry. Pliny states that the 

 beams of the Temple of Apollo at Utica, made of JSTumidian Cedar, 

 were sound after 1,178 years. The French Government in Algeria 

 is offering a forest of this timber in the Aures Mountains for sale. 



Cedar, Barbadoes (Juniperus harhadensis L. : Order Cupressinece). 

 " Juniper Cedar." Barbadoes, Jamaica, etc. Closely alHed to, 

 if not identical with, the Red Cedar of the United States {Juniperus 

 virginidna L.). 



Cedar, Bastard, in India. See Bead-tree and Mahogany, East 

 Indian. 



Cedar, Bastard, in Jamaica {Guazuma tomenfosa H.B. : Order 

 StercuUdcece). French " Orme d'Amerique," Telugu " Rudraksha 

 chettu." West Indies. Introduced into Ceylon and Southern 

 India more than a century ago and now common. Light, splitting 

 easily. Used in Jamaica for staves for sugar hogsheads. 



Cedar, Bastard Pencil {Dysoxylon rufum Benth. : Order Meli- 

 deem), Queensland and Northern New South Wales. Height 



