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cones, which are from 2 to 3 inches long and 

 standing erect, are produced in such quantity that 

 they are quite a feature of this tree ; while the 

 seed-bearing cones are cylindrical, 3 to 4 inches 

 long, and depressed at both ends. They are 

 usually produced on the upper sides of the stout 

 top branches. The rate of growth is rapid, 70 feet 

 in height having been attained by specimens in 

 England in fifty years. Timber produced in this 

 country is fine-grained, but soft, and not at all 

 durable. 



C. Deodara crassifolia is altogether a less 

 ornamental tree than the species, the thick short 

 branches being pendulous at the tips to only a 

 very small extent. The leaves are short and stout 

 when compared with those of the parent. 



C. Deodara robusta. — In the best forms of 

 this variety the leaves are stout and long, and more 

 distinctly silvery than in the species. There 

 seem, however, to be many worthless forms in 

 cultivation under the name. 



C. Deodara viridis has the fohage of a rich 

 and deep green, more resembling that of C. atlan- 

 tica, and seems quite constant in character. 



C. LiBANi, London. Lebanon Cedar. (Syn- 

 on}Tns : Pinus Cedrus, Linnceiis ; Larix Cedrus, 

 Miller ; Abies Cedrus, Poiret ; Larix patula, 

 Salisbury ; Cedrus patula, C. Koch.) Syrian 

 Mountains, Cyprus. x\bout 1666 to 1680. — \Mth 

 its massive and well-clothed trunk, far-spreading 

 and flatly pendulous branches, and deep glaucous 

 green fohage, this is beyond doubt one of the 

 grandest and most majestic as well as distinct 

 and easily recognised of all trees. WTien wanted 



