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Title: The Cuba review
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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of the West Indies and of the main land of ^Mexico, CentralAmerica and nothern part of South America. It is found over an area greater than that of itsclosely allied tree, the mahogany, and is perhaps the most widely distributed of all tropicalAmerican species. It is found in Mexico as far north as Tampico and extends southwardthrough Central .Ainerica and into South America as far as the territory drained by the ParanaRiver. It grows in the high mountains of Cuba and Mexico where it is said to thrive at analtitude of 3,000 ft. At its northern limits of growth the climate is comparatively cool withonly a moderate amount of rainfall, while at its southern extremity the climate is very hot andthe rainfall very heavy. It reaches its best development in point of size and rate of growth inthe lowlands of INIexico and in parts of the .Amazon River Valley where specimens 150 feet inheight and 30 feet in circumference have been found. Wood of the best quality is produced in 18 THE CUBA REVIEW
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Cuban Forest, Province of Oriente, Cuba THECUBA REVIEW 19 Cuba where the ramfall is less than m the more tropical parts of its range of growth. In Cuba)the Spanish cedar does not grow to such gigantic proportions as it does farther south. Underthe most favorable conditions in the foothills and valleys of Cuba it frequently attains magni-ficent sizes, from 150 to 160 feet h\ height and from 3 to 5 feet in diameter. Spanish cedar is partial to the moist slopes and rich valleys rather than to the open plainand doubtless when planted in the former positions its tendency toward great height will bemore fully taken advantage of. In southern Mexico it grows to normal proportions at an alti-tude of over 3 000 feet, l)ut at the extreme elevation the trees are dwarfed and the wood isusualh very hard m comparison to that produced in the lowlands. It will, therefore, be seenthat in its native habitat the Spanish cedar is subjected to varying soil and climatic conditions.AMien the magnitude of the

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