156 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



40—50 ft. ; diam. 1| — 2 ft. Red, nicely grained, easily worked- 

 Used for cabinet-work. 



Cedar, Bermuda {Juni^erus bermudidna L. : Order Gupressinece), 

 Bermudas. Closely allied to the Red Cedar, Juniperus virginidna^ 

 of which it is supposed to be a geographical variety. Height 

 50 — 00 ft. ; diam. 2 — 3 ft. Used for boat-building and formerly 

 exported for pencils, for which purpose the Red Cedar has super- 

 seded it. 



Cedar, Black {Nectdndra Pisi Mq. : Order Laurdcece), '' Brown 

 CirouabaUi " or " Siruaballi." Guiana. Height 90 ft. ; diam. 1|- ft. 

 S.G. 830. W 49-5. Dark-brown, moderately heavy, firm, easily 

 worked, teredo - proof . Useful for boat -planks and masts, but 

 suitable for furniture. 



Cedar, Borneo. See Serayah. 



Cedar, Canoe {Thuya gigdntea'Sntt. : Oxdei Gupressinem). " Yellow 

 Cedar." '' Red Cedar " (of the Western States). " Red Cypress '^ 

 of British Columbia. One of the " White Cedars " of the American 

 trade. '' Lobb's Arbor- Vitae." French " Thuia geant de Cahfornie," 

 Germ, " Riesens-Lebensbaum," Ital. " Albero de la vitadi Lobb.'* 

 Western IsTorth America, from Alaska to CaHfornia. Height 130 — 

 200 ft. ; diam. 9 ft. or more. W 19*75 — 26*5. Heartwood light 

 brown, light, soft, brittle, moderately strong, free from knots, easily 

 split or worked, not warping, and very durable in contact with soil. 

 An important lumber tree, the only wood used by the Red Indians 

 of the North-West for canoes. Used by white settlers for fencing, 

 shingles, cooperage, doors, window-sills, indoor fittings, and the 

 coarser kinds of furniture. 



Cedar, Clanwilliam [GdUitris arhorea Schrad. : Order Goniferce). 

 Cederberg Mountains, South Africa. W 36. Light-brown, soft, 

 fine and even grained, not resinous, fragrant, durable, with silver 

 grain resembling Maple.ya|pii_ 1 1 



Cedar, Cigar-lbox (Gedrela odordta [See Cedar, West Indian] and 

 the aUied 0. guianinsis, from the Guianas and Brazil, and 0. hrasih 

 iensis, from Brazil and the Argentine. The supply of these woods 

 is now so limited that they are used only for boxes for the best 

 cigars, cheaper ones being made of the less aromatic African Ma- 

 hogany. 



Cedar, Cul)a. See Cedar, West Indian. 



Cedar, Deodar [Gidrus Deoddra Loud. : Order Goniferm). Afghan- 

 istan to the Western Himalayas. "Indian Cedar." French 

 " Cedre de THimalaya," Hind. " Devaderu." Height 150-^240 ft. ; 

 diam. 5—7 or even 10—12 ft. at base, tapering to one-third at 80 ft. 

 up. Heartwood light yellowish-brown, compact, even-grained, 

 moderately hard, not readily spHtting or warping, fragrant, with an 



