298 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



From the above table, it will be seen how congenial even 

 the cold climate of Scotland is to the growth of this tree. 

 Indeed in its native soils, the tops of the surrounding hilh 

 are almost perpetually covered with snow, and it is, there- 

 fore, one of the very hardiest of the evergreens of the old 

 world. There is no reason why it should not succeed 

 admirably in many parts of the United States ; and when 

 we consider its great size, fine dark green foliage, and wide 

 spreading limbs which 



" Overarching, frame 



Most solemn domes within," 



Shelley. 



as well as the many interesting associations connected 

 with it, we cannot but think it better worth our early 

 attention, and extensive introduction, than almost any 

 other foreign tree. Evergreens are comparatively difficult 

 to import, and as we have made the experiment of 

 importing Cedars of Lebanon from the English nurseries 

 with but indifferent success, we would advise that persons 

 attempting its cultivation should procure the cones 

 containing the seeds from England, when they may be 

 reared directly in our own soil, which will of course be an 

 additional advantage to the future growth of the tree.* 



The situations found to be most favorable to this Cedar, 

 in the parks and gardens of Europe, are sandy or gravelly 

 soils, either with a moist subsoil underneath, or in the 

 neighborhood of springs, or bodies of water. In such places 

 it is found to advance with a rapidity equal to the Larch. 



* The finest Cedar of Lebanon in the Union, is growing in the grounds ..f 

 T. Ash, Esq., of Westchester Co., N. Y., being 50 feet high and of 

 corresponding breadth. It stands near a Purple-leaved Beech, equally large 

 and beautiful. 



