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is yellow, and being cut in March, sweet as Cedar, whereof it cHAl 

 is accounted a spurious kind ; all of them difficult to remove ^"^^ 

 with success : nor prosper they being shaded at all, or over-dripped. — ■ 

 The Swedish Juniper, now so frequent in our modish gardens, 

 and shorn into pyramids, is but a taller and somewhat brighter sort 

 of the vulgar. 



It is commonly called the Phoenician Cedar, though it is found growing naturally in most 

 of the southern parts of Europe. 



6. JUNIPERUS CriRGiNiANAj foliis temis basi adnatis; junioribus imbricatis, senioribus 

 patulis. Lin. Sp. PI. 1471. Juniper roiik leaves placed by threes, adhering at their base, the 

 you7ig ones lying over each other, and the old ones spreading. Juniperus maxima, cupressi 

 folio minimo, cortice exteriore in tenues philyras spirales duclili. Sloan. Jam. Cedar of 



VIRGINIA, or RED CEDAR. 



The Virginian Cedar is a tree of great use and beauty. Its growth is upright. The branches 

 form a beautiful cone ; and if left unsprigged, the tree will be feathered to the very base. 

 It grows to near forty feet high ; and the timber is valuable for many excellent uses. It will 

 continue sound and uncorrupt for many ages, being possessed of a bitter resin, which prevents 

 the worms from attacking it. The wood may be converted into utensils of most sorts, as 

 "well as applied to a great part of the uses to which the Cypress is adapted. It is remarkable, 

 however, for being of a very brittle nature, and is therefore not proper to be introduced into 

 buildings where any great weight is to be lodged. Nevertheless, in Virginia and Carolina, 

 where they abound, these trees are used in structures of all kinds, with this precaution ; and 

 the inhabitants prefer the timber for wainscotting their rooms and building of vessels. Those 

 who are desirous of having variety of timber-trees in their plantations, will, doubtless, be in- 

 clined to allow this a place. 



7. JUNIPERUS C BERMVDiANA ) follIs itiferioribus ternis, superioribus quadrifariam im- 

 bricatis. Mill. Diet. Juniper with spreading under-leaves placed by threes, and the vpper by 

 fours, which lie close over each other. Juniperus Bermudiana. H. L. Cedar of Bermudas, 



The Cedar of Bermudas is a very tender plant, and requires not only a dry warm soil, and a 

 well-sheltered situation, but open, mild winters, to make it continue through them ; so that 

 when a person is desirous of having an extensive collection, then, and then only, is this sort 

 to be sought after. When planted abroad in the warmest places, sheds should be made for 

 them of boards well-closed, and these should be at hand for the gardener to cover the plants 

 with at the first approach of frosty weather. The sheds are to be enlarged as the trees ad- 

 vance in height ; for though they will more peculiarly want protection when young, yet 

 a severe frost, with cutting black winds, will endanger very full-grown trees. This species 

 grows to be a large timber-tree in America ; and we used to receive the wood from thence 

 in greater plenty than we do at present. It is possessed of a very sweet smell, which formerly 

 recommended it for stair-cases, chests of drawers, and other pieces of furniture, but it is now 

 universally neglected by our cabinet-makers. We never must expect to raise this tree to 

 answer any purposes in the timber- way ; the most we can expect is a few only in our 



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