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The wood is very light, soft, and fine-grained, but is re- 
puted to be equally durable with the Red Cedar. It is con- 
sequently employed for various purposes in building and 
fencing, where, in the northern districts, it grows in suffi- 
cient abundance, and of suitable size. 
The Chinese Arbor Yitae, ( T. orient alis,) is a tree of much 
smaller and more feeble growth. It cannot therefore as an 
ornamental tree be put in competition with our native spe- 
cies. But it is a beautiful evergreen for the garden and 
shrubbery, where it finds a more suitable and sheltered site, 
being rather tender north of New- York. 
The White Cedar, ( Thuja spheroidoe ,*') which belongs 
to the same genus as the Arbor Yitae is a much loftier tree, 
often growing 80 feet high, It can hardly be considered a 
tree capable of being introduced into cultivated situations, 
as it is found only in thick swamps and wet grounds. The 
foliage considerably resembles that of the common Arbor 
Yitae, though rather narrower, and more delicate in texture. 
The cones are small and rugged, and change from green to 
a blue or brown tint in autumn. In the south it is often 
called the Juniper. * 
The White Cedar furnishes excellent shingles, much more 
durable than those made of either Pine or Cypress ; in Phi- 
ladelphia the wood is much esteemed and greatly used in 
cooperage. “ Charcoal,” according to Michaux, u highly 
esteemed in the manufacture of gunpowder, is made of young 
stocks, about an inch and a half in diameter, deprived of 
their bark ; and the seasoned wood affords beautiful lamp- 
black, lighter and more intensely coloured, than that obtained 
from the Pine.” 
* Cupressus thuyoides of the old botanists. 
