The Cedar. 



a sufficient diameter. Small round or oval tubs, very 

 " neatly wrought and hooped with brass, are made with 

 staves consisting partly of the sap and partly of the 

 heart. I have observed that the turners at Philadelphia 

 " make the large stop-cocks of this wood. In the southern 

 " states it is commonly chosen for coffins." 



171. I have imported the berries of this Cedar. They 

 are about the size of a common field pea; each contains 

 three hard seeds, the three being covered with a resinous 

 pulp. I sowed a parcel in March, 1826, and they came up 

 early in March, 1827, having been sent from America in 

 the early part of J 826, in a barrel, in which they were 

 mixed with dry sand. They were sowed in the manner 

 that I have directed for the sowing of the Ash. They ought 

 to stand another year in the seed-bed, and, after a year, or 

 two at most, in nursery (put in in the manner directed for the 

 Ash) J they might go into plantations. But, at every stage, 

 great care ought to be taken in removing them. The same 

 may be observed of all evergreens ; for they all transplant 

 with more risk than diciduous trees. — See, as to transplant- 

 ing and 'pruning of roots, paragraph 215, which must be 

 particularly attended to, 



172. The Red Cedar is surpassed by no wood in light- 

 ness, and yet it yields not even to the Locust or the Live- 

 Oak in durability. Many are the instances, in Long Island, 

 where you see posts of this wood that must have stood for a 

 century or more, though exposed to the weather all the 

 while. These trees grow on the very barrenest and most 

 exposed parts of the coast, where no other trees will even 

 live. In winter time, in many parts of that country, their 

 boughs are a great resourse for the feeding of ewes that 

 have lambs, in the absence of all other green or moist food. 



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