200 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
XIV. On the Cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus Libani; syn. C. 
atlantica, and C. Deodara. By Rosert Hutcuison of 
Carlowrie, F.R.S.E., University Club, Edinburgh. 
Name of the Species.—(1) Pinus Cedrus, Linneus ; (2) Cedrus 
Inbani, Barrelier. Linnzus having included pines, firs, larch, 
and cedars in one class, under the denomination Pinus, gave the 
designation of Pinus Cedrus to the Cedar of Lebanon ; but I am 
surprised that some of those botanists who believed it better to 
divide these trees into several classes, should have included the 
Cedar of Lebanon among larch and fir: thus Tournefort, 
Duhamel, Miller, etc., class the cedar under the larch; Poiret, 
Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Lindley, etc., under the fir. I think 
with Barrelier, A. Richard, and others, that it is preferable to 
make it a class by itself. 
Sap and Leaves.—The Cedar of Lebanon has two flows of sap 
in a year, like the larch. The first begins early in May, and ends 
in July; the second begins about fifteen days after the first has 
stopped, and ends in September. 
The leaves of the cedar are stiff, and of a deep green; they 
are, like those of the larch, disposed upon the tree in two different 
ways, one by one and in bunches. The first surround the shoots 
of the year, and the second spring from buds on wood of one 
year’s growth, or from shoots on older wood which has borne 
leaves on preceding years. 
Flowers and Cones.—The Cedar of Lebanon usually bears male 
and female flowers, but it will be seen from observations related 
further on, that some trees bear only male flowers and others 
female, 
The male flowers are disposed in simple erect catkins, about 
} inch in diameter at the base, when the flowers have attained 
their maturity. These catkins are produced on the upper surface 
of the branches, and have no resemblance to those of any other 
tree. The flowers which compose them are ripe in October, and 
are then of a pale yellow, and give off an abundance of yellow 
pollen dust. 
The female flowers, disposed in simple catkins like those of the 
pines, are also stiff, and are egg-shaped and reddish ; they ripen 
at the same time as the male flowers, and are transformed into 
cones shortly after being fecundated. 
The cones of the cedar are egg-shaped, and are from 2 to 3 
