go FLORA OF THE 



This is what I find in the ' Report of the Conifer 

 Conference : ^ 



" Cednts Dcodara ranges from Afghanistan to Nepal. 

 Some trees are 30 to 40 feet in girth and up to 200 

 feet in height. They fringe the eternal snows, and there 

 grow out of rocks. The timber of old trees is per- 

 fumed, and of great durability." 



Now of course we know that the Sequoias of California 

 are more gigantic. These big trees average 90 feet in 

 girth, and 300 feet in height, and it is said that Lord 

 Richmond Grosvenor speaks of one 450 feet high and 

 116 feet in circumference. 



Then the Cedar of Lebanon is found on the Lebanon 

 and Tauric ranges, and has also been recently dis- 

 covered in Cyprus, on the mountain near Khrysakus, 

 and also mixed with the other variety, Atlantica, on the 

 Atlas mountains of Africa. Sir J. Hooker thinks that 

 all three cedars — Cednis Deodam, Libani, and Atlantica 

 — are descended from one stock. 



In these three regions the cedar thrives only at a 

 certain altitude. In colder climates, as that of England, 

 the cedar thrives in very low situations. 



One would like to ask : How did the cedar come to 

 be distributed to these three regions — Himalayas, Mount 



' It is a monograph of coniferous plants, which are among the most 

 interesting phenomena of nature. It is issued by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society in their Journal, vol. xiv, October, 1892. See page 407 regarding 

 cedar and other firs mentioned in Holy Writ. 



