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Dr. Griffith writes : " But to see the Deodar in its great- 

 est perfection, one must visit the 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." It is 

 certainly to be lamented that so beautiful a tree as the 

 Deodar should not be entirely hardy with us. It possesses 

 all the qualities of that class of trees denominated 

 " Weepers," and in its whole structure it appears as if 

 Nature had endeavored to concentrate all the desired 

 qualities of the Conifers into one. 



In the Deodar Cedar the feathery gracefulness of the 

 Hemlock is combined with the durability of the Larch, 

 and the form of the Spruce united with the hue of the 

 Mexican Pines. 



Loudon remarks : " The feathery lightness of its spread- 

 ing branches and the beautiful glaucous hue of its leaves 

 render it, even when young, one of the most ornamental 

 of coniferous trees ; and all the travellers who have seen 

 it full grown, agree that it unites an extraordinary degree 

 of majesty and grandeur with its beauty." 



The Deodar Cedar has now been in cultivation in many 

 sections of our country for several years, and we judge 

 sufficiently tested in all soils and situations, to enable us to 

 arrive at a proper estimate of its worth as an ornamental 

 tree. But it is so variable in different soils that but few 

 persons in the Middle States are willing to pronounce it* 

 hardy; and yet, in particular localities, we have noticed 

 fine large specimens that were apparently thriving as vig- 

 orously as could be desired, even after having passed 

 through two exceedingly severe winters. In all parts of 

 England and Scotland it grows very luxuriantly, and ap- 

 pears perfectly adapted to the climate : some writers assert- 

 ing that it is even superior in hardiness there to the Cedar 

 of Lebanon. 



As some botanists have considered the Deodar but a 

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