NEW AND RARE CONIFERZ AT PENRHYN CASTLE. 59 
Feet. Inches. 
No. 2.—Height of tree, . : : : 52 0 
Girth of stem at 1 Set Ue : ‘ 15 0 
Girth of stem at 5 feet up, . : : 14 6 
Diameter of spread of branches, . : 75 0 
These are noble trees of a singularly massive appearance, and 
well fitted for adorning the positions they occupy. The branches, 
which spread horizontally to a width equal to the height of the 
tree, have a peculiar flat, shelf-like form, and having been at 
different times broken during severe storms, give to the trees 
an old and hoary appearance. Both trees are growing in rich 
loam—one at each end of the flower garden—and though partially 
sheltered, are at times subject to sudden gusts of wind, especially 
from the south-west. The wood, bark, cones, and even leaves of 
this tree are saturated with resin. Introduced before 1676 from 
Asia Minor. 
The wood of both Cedrus deodara and C. Libani is durable, 
close grained, hard, and so resinous that the splinters burn like 
candles. I have compared wood of the cedars grown here with 
slabs of cedar sent from India, and can detect but little differ- 
ence. The Indian slabs are certainly the harder, but this may 
be due to the wood being older, and consequently better matured. 
The colour and texture of the woods are much alike, and I 
find that the home-grown wood takes as fine a polish as the 
Indian. 
CUNNINGHAMIA SINENSIS. 
Feet. Inches. 
Height of tree, . - : ; 42 0 
Girth of stem at 1 foot. Wp; = : : 4 7 
Girth of stem at 5 feet up, . . : 3 8 
Diameter of spread of branches, . : 26 0 
Although not generally hardy in Britain, especially in the 
north, fair specimens of this tree may occasionally be met with 
in the south and south-west of England. The above specimen is 
growing in cool, loamy soil, with a south-eastern aspect, in the 
flower garden. It is in a fairly healthy state, well clothed with 
bright green foliage, and is considered one of the finest trees of 
the kind in England. Sections of the wood grown on this estate 
resemble both in texture and colour those of Araucaria imbricata, 
Introduced in 1804 from Southern China, 
