SOME FAMOUS TREES. 
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woods that are not so are often too soft and 
spongy to be strong. 
5. Now the cedar is not only light, strong, and 
easy to cut, but it has beautiful markings, and a 
nice scent. For these reasons it is much prized 
and sought after. 
6. It lasts for a long time, and it is very much 
used for shingles and the inner parts of houses, 
and for making furniture, cigar boxes, and fancy 
articles. 
THE COTTON TEEE. 
7. Dotted here and there, in most parts of 
Jamaica, may be seen a 
grand but strange-looking 
tree. From its seed-pods 
hang long masses of white 
down, from which it gets 
its name of '^Cotton Tree". 
8. Its leaves spread out 
like the fingers of a hand, 
and are borne aloft on large 
and spreading branches 
that twist and curve into 
queer shapes. 
9. Its trunk is formed 
in a strange way, for at 
the lower part it sends out large flat growths of 
wood, called buttresses. These curve along the 
