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Trees for Shade and Ornament 



juvenile forms of foliage, which give rise to many different varieties of 

 form. 



They are especially free from insect pests, and are usually adaptive 

 as regards soil, light-needing or only moderately tolerant of shade, and 

 easily handled. 



Cedrus. The true Cedars are large trees, from Africa, Asia Minor, 

 and India, and hence fit mainly for southern climates; very distinct and 



Fig. 6o. — Cedar of Lebanon. Cedrus Libani Barr. 



picturesque in form, with a stately, wide-spreading habit, and rigid 

 foliage in fascicles, with ponderous, erect cones. They need well- 

 drained soil, and are subject to no special troul^les. To be used mainly 

 for specimen trees. Mainly for southern planting. 



C. Atlantica Manetti. (i), Silver Cedar, the hardiest, may, if shel- 

 tered, be grown as far north as New York. It is of pyramidal form. 



There is a variety, glauca (la) (blue), the most desirable form, with 



a fine silvery-hued foliage; and a columnar variety fastigiata (xb). 



C. Libani Barr. (2), the true Cedar of Lebanon, is of broad spread- 

 ing habit (flattening its crown with age) and bright, bluish-green foli- 

 age. 



