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Vol. V. 



82.00 a Year. 

 24 Numbers. 



CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 15, 1896. 



Single Copt 

 10 Cents. 



No. 101. 



CBTAR OP LEBANON. 



Trees and Shrubs. 



THE CEDAR OF LEBANON. 



(Cedrus Lebani.) 



I took pictures the other day of some 

 notable trees at Flushing, Long Island, 

 and send you copies of them. The tree we 

 now illustrate is the Cedar of Lebanon. 



It is 68 feet in height and at three feet 

 up from the ground its girth is 14 feet 4 

 inches. 



This tree was planted in one of the Flush- 

 ing nurseries about 95 years ago and ap- 

 pears to be now in the prime of life. It is 

 one of the several now standing in Flush- 

 ing and shows better than the others, the 

 peculiar characteristics which this cedar 

 presents to the casual observer. These 

 are a tabular top (only faintly indicated 

 in the picture), and a foliage which ap- 



pears to be arranged in horizontal lajers 

 or strata of different shades of color, pro- 

 ducing a strikingly beautiful effect. The 

 foliage resembles less the foliage of our 

 native cedar than that of the larch, differ- 

 ing from the latter in that the clusters of 

 needles are grouped more closely upon the 

 twigs and branches, so that the tree loses 

 the feathery appearance for which the 

 larch is famous. 



Until the Cedar of Lebanon is well ad- 

 vanced in years it may easily be mistaken 



