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for the knees of vessels ; and Michaux thinks that it would be much more 

 employed in America than it is, if it were not comparatively rare there. In 

 Britain, it can only be considered as a curious or ornamental tree. Seeds 

 are sometimes ripened in this country, and are also sometimes imported ; in 

 consequence of which, both varieties are not uncommon in the nurseries. 



statistics. LoW.r americana ritbra. In the environs of London. At Syon, it is 67 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. Sin., and of the head 35 ft. This tree is figured in our last Volume. 



— South of London. In Surrey, at Farnham Castle, 35 years planted, it is 2U ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 8 in. ; at Bagshot Park, 16 years planted, it is 25 ft. high ; at Claremont, it is 70 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 40 ft. In the Isle of Jersey, in Saunders's 



Nursery, 10 year» planted, it is 24 ft. high North of London. In Bedfordshire, at Southill, it is 



65 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 65 ft. In Warwickshire, at Combe 

 Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 84 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 42 ft. In Wor- 

 cestershire, at Croome, 40 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of 

 the head 20 ft. — In Scotland, in the environs of Edinburgh, at Dalhousie Castle, 15 years planted, 

 it is 19 ft. high. — In Ireland, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 20 years old, it is 16 ft. high. At 

 Cypress Grove, near Dublin, it is 40 ft. high. In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 45 years 

 planted, it is 94 ft. high. 



hurix americdna pendula. In England. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 34 years planted, it is 

 48 ft high. In Staffordshire, at Trentham, 26 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 1 ft. 4in., and of the head 25 ft. In Worcester, at Croome, 35 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. 



— In Scotland, in the Experimental Garden, Edinburgh, 6 years planted, it is 12 ft. high — In Ire- 

 land. At Terenure, near Dublin, 15 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 

 55 years planted, it is 52 ft. high. 



Commercial Statistics. Price of seeds, in London, 2s. 6d. per oz. ; of plants, 



10*. per 100. At BoUwyller, plants are 2 francs each; and at New York, 



75 cents. 



Gknus V. 



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CE^'BRUS Barrel. The Cedar. Lin. Si/st. MonodViaMonadelphia. 



Identification. Barrelier Plantse per Galliam, &c., observata2, &c., Ic, 499. 



Synonymes. Plnus Lin., in part; .^I'bies Poir., in part; L&rix Town., in part ; CMre, Fr. ; Ceder, 

 Ger. 



Derivation. Some suppose the word Cedrus to be derived from Ccdron, a brook in Judea, on the 

 banks of which the cedar of Lebanon was once plentiful : others (see M. Tli^is Gloss. Bot., p. 366.), 

 from kaid, I burn ; from the wood of some of the kinds of cedar being burned as incense : and 

 others, from the Arabic kedroum,ov kidre, power. (See Goiius Leiicon Arab., col. 1861.) 



Description. Majestic evergreen trees ; natives of Asia and Africa, with 

 large spreading branches. Extremely ornamental, and one species producing 

 excellent timber. 



t 1. C. Liba"'ni Barr. The Cedar of Lebanon. 



Identification. Barrel. Ic, 499. ; Edw. Ornith., t. 188. ; Lawson's Manual, p. 380. ; Bon Jardinier, 

 ed. 1837, p. 981. 



Synonymes. Plnus Cedrus Lin. Sp. PI., 1420, Syst., ed. Reich., 4. p. 174., Smith in Bees's Cycle, 

 Hunt. Evel. Syl., p. 311., Ait. Hort. Kern., 3. p. 369., Vitm. Sp. PI., 5. p. 345., IVilld. Berl. 

 Baumx., p. 214. ; P. foliis fascicuRtis, &c., Du Roi Harbk., ed. Pott., 2. p. 120. ; Lkr\\ Cfedrus 

 Mill. Did., No. 3.; iarix orientilis Town. Ins., p. 586., Du Ham. Arb., 1. p. 332. ; Cfedrus 

 mftgna Dod. Pempt., 867.; C. conlfera Bauh. Pin., p. 4'JO., Rait Hist., p. 1404.; C. phoenicea 

 Rencalm. Sp., p. 47. ; Cedrus Bell. It., p. 162., Catn. Epit., p. 57. ; A'^biea Ckdms Poir. Diet. 

 Enci/c, 6. p. 510., N. Du Ham., 5. p. 287., Lindl. in Penn. Cyc. 



Engrauings. Du Ham. Arb., 1. t. 132. ; Trew Ehret, t. 1. 4. 28. 60, and 61.; Nov. Act. A. N. C, 

 3. App., t. 13. f. 1. 7. 11, 12., and 14. ; Barrel. Ic, t. 499. ; Edw. Ornith., t. 188. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 

 t. 51. ; our fig. 2267. ; and the plates of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sf-c. Leaves tufted, perennial. Cones ovate, abrupt ; their scales 

 close-pressed. Crest of the anthers ovate, flat, erect. (Smith.) Cones 

 ovate, from 3 in. to 5 in. long, and from 2 in. to 2^ in. broad. Seeds of an 

 irregular triangular form ; nearly ^ in. long, with a very broad membrana- 

 ceous wing. Cotyledons 6. A tree, a native of Syria, on Mount Lebanon ; 

 and of the north of Africa, on Mount Atlas. Litroduced before 1683. 



Varieties. 



1 C L.2 fuliis argcnteis has the leaves of a silvery hue both above and 

 below. There are very large trees of this variety at Whitton and 

 Pain's Hill, and a dwarf bushy one, remarkable for its silvery aspect, 

 at the Countess of Shaftesbury's villa (formerly the residence of 



