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green trees, and when old and finely developed on every side, 

 is not equalled, in ornamental point of view, by any sylvan tree 

 of temperate regions. Its character being essentially grand' 

 and magnificent, it therefore should only be planted where 

 there is sufficient room for its development on every side. 

 Crowded amongst other trees, all its fine breadth and massive- 

 ness is lost, and it is drawn up with a narrow head like any 

 other of the Pine family. But, planted in the midst of a broad 

 lawn, it will eventually form a sublime object, far more impres- 

 sive and magnificent than most of the country houses which 

 belong to the private life of a republic. 



" The Cedar of Lebanon grows in almost any soil, from the 

 poorest gravel to the richest loam. It has been remarked, in 

 England, that its growth is most rapid in localities where, 

 though planted in a good dry soil, its roots can reach water, 

 such as situations near the margin of ponds or springs. In 

 general, its average growth, in this country, in favorable soil, 

 is about one foot in a year ; and, where the soil is very deeply 

 trenched before planting, or when its roots are not stinted in 

 the supply of moisture during the summer, it frequently ad- 

 vances with double that rapidity. 



" Although hardy here, we understand in New England 

 it requires slight protection in winter, while the trees are quite 

 small. The shelter afforded by sticking a few branches of 

 evergreen in the ground around it, will fully answer the purpose. 

 Wherever the Isabella Grape matures fully in the open air, 

 it may be successfully cultivated. The cone of the Cedar of 

 Lebanon is about four inches long and beautifully drawn. 



" The only reason why this grandest and most interesting of ' 

 all evergreen trees, which may be grown in this country as 

 easily as the Hemlock, wherever the peach bears well, has not 

 already been extensively planted, is owing to two causes. 

 First, that its wants and adaptation to our soil and climate are 

 not generally known ; and, second, that it has, as yet, without 

 any sufficient reason, been difficult to procure it, even in our 

 largest nurseries." 



