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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Cedrus—continued. 
Conifere. Majestic evergreen trees, with large spreading 
branches, rigid, scattered and clustered leaves and erect 
oblong or oval cones rounded at the top; scales of the 
cones broad, thin, coriaceous, entire, closely appressed, 
at length deciduous. It is commonly supposed that a rich 
soil is needed for the Cedar, but this is only correct 
in a certain degree; a rich loam or sandy clay being, 
perhaps, the best. Ап open sub-soil is the most indis- 
pensable condition, as will be proved from their healthy 
state in natural mountainous regions. The Cedar does not 
like pruning, either in root or branch, and if the top is 
removed, the tree assumes the form of an enormous bush, of 
picturesque and grand proportions. Growing in its natural 
state, it takes a broad, conical form, till it reaches its full 
height, when the lateral branches begin to extend outwards 
and the top then assumes a broad, flat surface. Cones 
seldom make their appearance on the Cedar of Lebanon 
before it attains forty years of age, and 
it has been known not to produce them 
before the tree was 100: years old. 
The catkins appear in di. and 
-" cones require two years to arrive 
- The seeds are difficult 
io extraet from the cones, which do 
not drop from the tree, but will hang 
for many years; nor does the influence 
of the sun cause them to shed the 
seeds. The cones have, therefore, to 
be gathered by April, and the seed 
immediately sown in pans. The seed- 
i lings must be planted out in the open 
[^ 
e out а great distance, if not transplanted, | 
FIG. 388. CEDAR OF LEBANON AND OTHER TREES FOR DRY SITUATIONS. 
2 žá 
Fic. 389. BRANCHLET, SHOWING LEAVES AND CONE OF CEDRUS LIBANI. 
Cedrus—continued. 
n 
and thus lose the advantage which is derived from a bushy 
root. It is of somewhat slow growth, but is often slower 
than is necessary, from defective management and an unsuit- 
able situation. Several authorities are agreed in regarding 
the three species as mere varieties of one. In any сазе, 
from a garden standpoint, they possess quite sufficient 
characteristics to justify separate specific descriptions, 7 
C. atlantica (Atlantic)* Very closely allied to C. Libani, bub 
mainly differing in the foliage, which, in the present species, is 
shorter, usually less than lin. long, and of a glaucous green oF 
silvery hue. It is also of more erect pyramidal habit than the 
сы of Lebanon. л. 80ft. to 120ft. Atlas Mountains of Algeria, 
C. Deodara.* Deodar or Indian Cedar. 1. fascicled, acute, tri: 
quetrous, rigid, larger than those of С, Líbani, and of a bluish 
but dark green, covered with a light glaucous bloom. Onè 
of the most beautiful members of Conifers, and having a 
elongated pyramidal or conical outline. Leading shoot ane 
branchlets pendulous. 4A. 150ft. to 200ft. Western Himalaya 
1822. The best-known varieties are the following: C. D. ro 
(sturdy) has coarser and larger leaves and thicker branches 
