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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. Uirix amerlcana rubra. In the environs of London. At Syon, it is 67 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 3 in., and of the head 35 ft. This tree is figured in our last Volume. 

 _ South of London. In .Surrey, at Farnhara Castle, 35 years planted, it is 20 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 8 in. ; at Bagshot Park, 16 years planted, it is 2oft. high ; at Cfaremont, :t is (0 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 years planted, it is 24 ft. high. — North of London. In Bedfordshire, al 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 \\ or- 

 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, lo 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. ,„ .. . , „ , ^ j -. • 



'Lhrix amcricana penduki. In England. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 34 years planted, it is 

 48ft high. In Staftbrdshire, atTrentham, 26 years planted, it is 40ft high, the diameter oi the 

 trunk 1 ft. 4in., and of the head 25 ft. In Worcester, at Croome, 55 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. Gd. per oz. ; of plants, 



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



75 cents. 



Genus V. 



LiJj^ 



CE^DRUS Barrel. The Cedar. Lin. Syst. Monce'cia Monadelphia. 



Identification. Barrelier Plants? per Galliam, &c., observafae, &c., Ic, 499. 



Synonymes. Plnus Lin., in part ; ^'bies Poir., in part ; iarix Tuurn., m part ; Cddre, Fr. ; Ceder, 

 Ger 



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

 banks of which the cedar of Lebanon was once plentiful : others (see M. Tlieis 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 kedioum, or kidre, power. {See Golius Lexicon 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. LiB.\^Ni Barr. The Cedar of Lebanon. 



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



Sun^i/mes^' /'in'us Cedrus Lin. Sp. PL, 1420, %?/., ed. Reich., 4. p. 174., Stnith in Bees's Cycto., 

 Hunt Eve/. Syl., p. 311., Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 369., J'itm. Sp. PI., 5. p. 345., fVi//d. Berl. 

 Baumz., v. 214. ; P. f^liis fasciculktis, &c., Du Boi Harbk., ed. Pott., 2. p. 120. ; L^nx Cfedrus 

 Mill Did, No. 3.; Xarix orientillis Tourn. Ins., p. 586., Du Ham. Arb., \. p. 332. ; Cedrus 

 magna Dod Pempt., 867. ; C. conifera Bauh. Pin., p. 490., Baii Hist., p. 1404. ; C. phoenlcea 

 Benealm. Sp., p. 47. ; Cedrus Bell. It., p. 162., Carn. Epit., p. 57. ; A^\es Ct'drus Poir. Diet. 

 Encuc, 6. p. 510., N. Du Ham., 5. p. 287., Lindl. in Penn. Cyc. . vt ^ 



En-ravin<'S. 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 Jig. 2267. ; and the plates of this tree in our last Volume. 



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

 close- pressed. Crest of the anthers ovate, flat, erect. (Smit/i.) Cones 

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

 irregular triangular form ; nearly h 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. Introduced before 1683. 



Varieties. 



tC.L.2 foliis argenteis 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 



