THE JAPAN CEDAR. 



Fig. 52. — The Nero Japan Cedar, from a Tree six feet hi^ 



Thk English periodicals abound with inte- 

 resting notices of this tree, which, along 

 with the Beodara, or Indian Cedar, is de- 

 cidedly the rage in that evergreen loving 

 country. 



The Japan Cedar, [Cryptomeria japoni- 

 ca,) which is nearly allied to the Cypress, 

 is one of the many treasures brought home 

 by Mr. Fortune, the Chinese traveller, to 

 the London Horticultural Society. As it 

 grows in the north of China, about Shan- 

 gai, where the thermometer sinks nearly to 

 zero, and forms large forests on 'the moun- 



tains of Japan, at the height of more than 

 1000 feet, it follows that it is a hardy ever- 

 green in all temperate climates. 

 ' The English accounts of this tree state, 

 that for beauty, and rapidity of growth, it 

 has no rivals among hardy evergreen trees. 

 In the garden of the London Horticultural 

 Society, young trees have grown four feet 

 in a single season. It is described by some 

 of its admirers, a? the "Queen of Evergreen 

 Trees." Its peculiar beauty is in the grace- 

 ful drrop of its branches. It is a great fa- 

 vorite in China for avenues, growing up JOO 



