Red Cedar is very fine-grained, soft, light, durable, fragrant, and of a pinkish-red color. Much wood is derived from the Red Cedars, _Juniperus virginiana_, _Juniperus scopulorum_, and _Juniperus barbadensis_, of the Eastern, Western, and Southern States respectively. Although seen in construction, red cedar is chiefly used in chests, closets, lead-pencils, and cigar-boxes. One hundred and twenty-five thousand trees (125,000)[93] are annually required for lead-pencils alone. The waste is often converted into shavings and used instead of camphor to protect woolens. The demand is greater than the supply. Trees are easily grown on almost any soil. Trees and wood are subject to fungus diseases which apparently cease after trees have been felled; the wood is then durable.[94] White Cedar is best defined as all cedar that is not "red cedar," [p168] and is obtained from several valuable trees.[95] The arborvitæs (_T. occidentalis_) vary in size from large bushes used in hedging and ornamentation to small-sized trees gathered for wood. They are most vigorous on cold, wet areas known as cedar swamps.[96] The giant arborvitæ (_T. gigantea_), noted for its great girth, and the yellow and Lawson Cypresses, are important Pacific coast species. The incense cedar, while much subject to fungus trouble, is also prized.[97] White cedar wood is durable, plentiful, and employed in exposed positions as ties and shingles. Arborvitæs (_Thuya_) have very small overlapping leaves that form flat rods or fan-like sprays. The cones are oblong, less than one-half inch in length, and all of their six or eight scales separate or open when ripe. The cypresses (_Chamæcyparis_) exhibit similar foliage, but their tiny cones are simple, roughened, close, or solid globules. The Junipers (_Juniperus_) often, but not always, bear bluish-black berries powdered with a whitish-blue bloom. The true cedars (_Cedrus_) differ from the others in that they have simple needle leaves, an inch, more or less, in length, together with cones erect and several inches in length. The Deodar or cedar of India is of this genus. The principal American red and white cedars are as follows: Red Cedar. Red Cedar (_Juniperus virginiana_). Red Cedar (_Juniperus scopulorum_). Red Cedar (_Juniperus barbadensis_). Spanish Cedar. (See page 99.) White Cedar. Arborvitæ (_Thuya occidentalis_). Canoe Cedar (_Thuya gigantea_). White Cedar (_Chamæcyparis thyoides_). Port Orford Cedar (_Chamæcyparis lawsoniana_). Yellow Cedar (_Chamæcyparis nutkaensis_). Incense Cedar (_Libodecrus decurrens_). [p169] FOOTNOTES [Footnote 91: It is probable that the ancients also used the word Cedar somewhat generally.] [Footnote 92: Pliny, 16, 213 and 16, 216.] [Footnote 93: Notes on Red Cedar, Mohr. Bul. 31, U. S. Division Forestry (Gifford Pinchot, Forester).]