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The Value of Cypress.
It is the Most Durable Wood Which Can be Used.
Cypress in all its ages has been contle, red the indestructible wooil, aud as
<uch, to cover and protect other less durable woods. It is peculiar to the South
Atlantic and Golf States, Pocomoke river swamp, lying chiefly in Worcester coun
:y, Maryland, bein . as far North as it seems to .row, and this for more than a
century, furnished the principal supply of Cypress Shingles lor the Kastern Shore
Peninsula, trees growing to enormous si/e and great age, often a thousand years
:>r more. This virgin growth of matured timber has been practically worked up
many years ago, and supplies have been drawn from the Swamps of Virginia and
North Carolina, which are also being much depleted, and now Florida furnishes
thc principal supply of virgin growth Cypress. A youn-.er growth, not fully
matured, is being largely used but is of short last, compared with the old yellow
licart which now conies from Florida, where it grows to its greatest perfection.
It is a fact in nature that the durability of timber corresponds to its age, or
the time it takes to grow and mature. Fine, for illustration, from an old growth
tine grain matured tree, is much more durable than tn un a young tree, and so with
typress and Cypress Shingles. And no matter how mach care you take in the
-election of your materials for your building or how experienced or reliable your
mechanics, if you use inferior shingles you make a great mistake.
