. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. SEQUOIA gigantic forest trees, witli trunks iisuallv lieavily but- tressed at base, eovered with tliirk. tihrous bark, deeply aud widely lol)ed; lieartwnod dark red, soft, durablJ, straiglit-graiued: sapwood verv thin and nearly wliite: Its. persistent, alternate, often dimorphic (especiallv on young trees): Hs
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. SEQUOIA gigantic forest trees, witli trunks iisuallv lieavily but- tressed at base, eovered with tliirk. tihrous bark, deeply aud widely lol)ed; lieartwnod dark red, soft, durablJ, straiglit-graiued: sapwood verv thin and nearly wliite: Its. persistent, alternate, often dimorphic (especiallv on young trees): Hs. naked, , solitary, the stanii- uate terminal or axillary; stamens numerous: cones maturing in one season. Ojiee widely distrihnteil in several species tliroughout the intn-ior of North America and parts of Europe, liut now limited t" two species, w-hich are confined to the mountains of (.â alifornia. The wood of ,S. nempercireiis at present forms the bulk of the redwood lumber in the trade, and is used on the Pacitic coast wherever a li^'ht, durable, easily worked material is desired. Jlost wooden buihlings are constructed with this lumber in California, and" it is sometimes exported to Europe to be employed as a suh- stitute for red cedar in the manufacture of'lead-pein-ils. Logs with a curly grain are hiu'hiy prized by cabinet- makers, from whom they have received the name "curly ; The wood of S. giginilfit resembles that of .S'. .â¢>, uiprr- vii-ens. but is coarser-grained and lighter i in w-ei^jbtl, and is therefore not adapted to as wide use as the latter. It is very durable in contact with the soil, however, and is widely used for coarser construction work, ties, fence- posts, vineyard stakes, shingles, and the like. As an ornamental subject. ^'. k, iiipi i-rir< us will be valuable wherever it is iiardy. It is rather insistent upon a cool, moist, foggy climate, however, aiel is in this respect inferior to tlie other speci
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