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Things to Know and Do 371 Ba!d Cjrpress {Taxodium distichum) A fine forest tree, up to 153 feet, with thin leaves somewhat like those of Hemlock, hall an inch to an inch long; cones rounded about an inch through. Sheds its leaves each fall so is " bald ' ' in winter. Noted for the knees or uphent roots that it develops when growing in water. Timber soft, weak, but durable and valuable; a cubic foot weighs 27 lbs. In low wet country of Mississippi Valley and Southeast coast. Arbor-vitfle, or White Cedar {Thuya occidentalis) Evergreen; 50 to 60 feet high. Wood soft, brittle, coarse- grained, extremely durable as pests; fragrant and very light (the lightest on our list). Makes good sticks for rubbing-stick fire. A cubic foot wei^ only ao lbs. Tht scale-like leaves are ahcmt