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and very durable, consequently suited for railroad ties, and for 

 other purposes where wood is exposed to the dampness of the 

 ground. 



Like several other evergreens, it has been rdcommended as a 

 hedge plant and for screens against winds. The branches ex- 

 tend horizontally from near the ground, thus rendering the pro- 

 tection more complete- 

 When growing in its wild native places among rocks, and on 

 steep side hills it is usually a ragged, poor shaped tree, the 

 branches often much larger and longer on one side than on the 

 other ; but when growing singly it assumes a regular and very 

 beautiful form. The fruit of the Ecd Cedar unlike that of the 

 other evergreen trees is in the form of a berry instead of a cone. 

 It ripens in October. The flowers appear in May. 



The regret expressed by Mr. Downing, that the fine evergreen 

 trees, both of this country and of Europe, which composed the 

 Pine and Fir tribes had not received more of the attention of 

 planters, would now in some degree be spared ; for, through the 

 influence of his own publications, increased attention has been 

 given to the subject. He pleads eloquently for them: "It is 

 indescribable how much they add to the beauty of a country 

 residence in winter. At that season when, during three or four 

 months the landscape is bleak and covered with snow, these 

 noble trees, properly intermingled with the groups in view from 

 the window, or those surrounding the house, give an appearance 

 of verdure and life to the scene, which cheats winter of half its 

 dreariness. In exposed quarters, also, and in all windy and 

 bleak situations, groups of evergreens form the most effectual 

 shelter at all seasons of the year, while many of them have the 

 great additional recommendation of growing upon the most 

 meagre soils." 



