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the Deodar in its greatest perfection, one must visit tlie snowy 

 ranges and lofty mountains of the interior, far from the influence 

 of the plains, and where for nearly half the year it is enveloped 

 in snow ; there its dimensions become gigantic. In Lower 

 Kamaoon there is an extensive forest of very fine trees from 

 20 to 27 feet in girth ; and Major Madden measured one tree in 

 1830 which measured 36| feet in circumference fully five feet 

 from the ground ; and on a subsequent journey he saw several 

 on the northern declivity of the Boorum and K.oopin Passes, not 

 under 30 feet in girth, and from 150 to 200 feet high. The 

 timber has a peculiar and strong odour, so that no insects will 

 touch it ; the grain is open, straight, not liable to warp, even 

 if in thin boards and exposed to the weather, and may be con- 

 sidered the best wood of its class in the world ; but, like all 

 other woods of that class, if cut young it will soon decay, when 

 in contact with damp ; but after its timber, the most valuable 

 product is its turpentine, which, when rubbed on any other 

 kind of timber, renders it less liable to decay and the ravages 

 of vermin. 



The Hindostanee name, ' Devadara,' or Tree of God, or 

 Spirit Bearer, is one of the innumerable names of this celebrated 

 tree in India. It is also called ' Keloo,' or ' Kelou,' about 

 Simla, and ' Deodar,' or ' Dewar,' by the people of Gurhwal, 

 Kamaoon, Nepal, Cashmere, and Persia. 



There are the following varieties : — 



1. Cedrus deodara viridis, Hort, the Green Deodar. 



This singular and very distinct-looking variety has a slenderer 

 habit and a very bright green foliage, entirely free from any 

 glaucous appearance, even when young, but in other respects 

 similar to the ordinary form. 



2. Cedrus Deodara robusta, Hort, the Robust Deodar. 



This variety has the glaucous foliage of the species, and is 

 very much larger in all its parts. 



