92 FLORA OF ASSYRIAN MONUMENTS. 



it does not commence developing cones till about that 

 age ; and some, it is said, go on to a hundred years 

 before they do so. The erect cones are also a character 

 of the cedars, but showing them in threes, and at the 

 end of a branch, is probably the fancy of an Assyrian 

 artist. 



