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the common kind, and the cones are more drooping and 
more clustered. Young trees have the usual pyramidal 
growth of the genus. Of the qualities of the wood, in the 
wilderness it inhabits, we can say nothing from experience, 
but imagine it to be very similar with that of T. occiden- 
talis. 
The inner bark of this plant is much used by the natives 
of the Oregon both for food and clothing, for the latter pur- 
pose it is split into narrow strips like a long fringe and tied 
together in a belt round the waist, to conceal the wearer 
from absolute nudity. According to McKenzie, the abori- 
gines of the West, likewise employ the inner rind of the 
Hemlock Spruce ( Abies canadensis ,) for food. It is taken 
off early in the spring and made into cakes, which they eat 
with salmon oil, and consider almost as dainties. The 
natives of the Oregon probably use the salmon oil they col- 
lect in the same manner, with the inner bark of the Arbor 
Vitae. 
Plate CXI. 
A branch of the natural size, a . The seed. 
NEE’S ARBOR VITAL 
Thuja plicata, foliis rhomboideo-avatis acutis, adpressis , quadrifariam 
imbricatis, nudis medio tuberculatis , strobulis oblongis nutantibus , semi- 
nibus obcordatis. Lambert’s Pines, 1. c. No. 61. Donn. Hort. Can- 
tab. 6, p. 249. Loudon, Arboret. 4, p. 2458. 
Tms tree, of which very little is yet known, is a native 
of Mexico, where it was found by Nee, and also of the 
