20 BULLETIN 232, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) ranges through nearly the whole 
region east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. ; 
There are no fewer than 10 closely related cedars, usually called 
junipers, most of them being native to the Rocky Mountain region 
and farther west. 
Northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis), often called arborvite, 
is most abundant in the Lake States, but it extends to New England 
and southward along the Appalachian Mountains to eastern Tennessee. 
Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) is much more used for shingles 
than for lumber in the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and 
Montana, where the chief supply grows. It is called giant cedar and 
western cedar in commerce. : 
Southern white cedar (Chamecyparis thyoides) ranges in deep 
swamps from New Jersey to Florida, and is called swamp cedar in 
some parts of its range and juniper in others. Ali cedars are valuable 
for poles and posts, and some of them are more used for these pur- 
poses than for lumber. 
The most important contributions to the lumber supply are the 
following: Western red cedar (Thuja plicata), northern white cedar 
(Thuja occidentalis), and southern white cedar (Chamecyparis thy- 
oides). Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) is of considerable impor- 
tance as a material for pencils. In the Pacific Coast States incense 
cedar (Libocedrus decurrens), Port Orford cedar (Chdémecyparis law- 
soniana), and yellow cedar (Chamecyparis nootkatensis) are lumbered 
to a small extent. 
TABLE 21.—Cedar lumber sawed. 
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Number | Quantity | Per cont 
State. a7 (M feet | of distri- 
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porting. BP 
Wnited States: - = 222: <= = ee 508 | 358, 444 100.0 
Wiashineton= S225 s2elsvis. . 52 See ee eee 122 233, 443 65.1 
UPB). =o Ses Soe ee Sa ae ss ee hens ssc cub sete sdsosseo! Sees osce 12 23, 307 6.5 
Es 1 Oe es se sae se SSeS oct S52 eee S es cseee Ssec ese ee | 28 22, 056 6.2 
OP PRUIDS S24 Sood Sanh e Sea ae se oo aee Sec cease sess ese scsesccssbossceseesse 51 21, 902 6.1 
“VTL ae ee etn De Mt S27 Fk 7 16, 558 4.6 
Tennessee... --.----------------------------- +--+ +--+ 2+ +--+ 2-2 + ete 44 7, 982 2.2 
PI i a Oe ee pede ae. LA So 6b 2 EWES | 46 7, 005 2.0 
NeanpHienOMMae = oe.) <5 ean ee cee ee ee ee ee eee 59 5, 167 1.5 
TGS E11 St ee ee ees ye Se ek OMe 5 | 20 | 4, 403 1.2 
Nesey so an ee ee ee 11 2, 202 .6 
Ralapherisiates 82402020202... 33s 2. eee Se ee ee 108 14, 419 4.0 
1 Includes establishments distributed as follows: Alabama, 4: Arkansas, 3; Connecticut, 5; Delaware, 2; 
Indiana, 1: Maryland, 5; Massachusetts, 12; Michigan, 18; Minnesota, 11: Missouri, 2: Montana Die New 
Hampshire, 1; New Jersey, 21; New York, 4; Pennsylvania, 1; Rhode Island, 1; South Carolina, if Texas, 1; 
Vermont, 5; and West Virginia, 2. 
BASSWOOD. 
Three kinds of basswood contribute to the lumber cut of the 
country, but no distinction between them is made at the mill or in 
the market. Common basswood (Tilia americana) is best developed 
in the Lake States, white basswood (Tilia hetrophylla) among the 
mountain ranges in West Virginia and southward, and downy bass- 
wood (Tilia pubescens) is found, though scarce, from North Carolina 
