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The Cedars of Lebanon and Atlas. Planters should not 

 forget that it is to the Cedars of the northern mountains 

 they must look— the Lebanon and Atlas Cedars, which 

 have been proved so hardy and so well fitted for our 

 country. In books Cedriis atlantica is considered dis- 

 tinct enough to merit a separate name, but, having seen 

 the trees on their native mountains, I think the Atlas 

 Cedar is only a form of the Lebanon Cedar (C Libani). 

 The seed of the tree is plentiful in Asia Minor and 

 North Africa, and it ought to be grown in forest nurseries 

 and offered among the other forest trees. The seed 

 being as easy to raise as that of any other conifer, we 

 should not buy the tree in the ' specimen ' state, but in 

 the smaller state, a much safer way. These Cedars 

 should be grown as forest trees, and they will take high 

 place in the ranks of such. 



The Common Yew {Taxus). Our best native evergreen, 

 though neglected by gardeners as a tree, must not be 

 left out in planting evergreen trees, as it is such a wel- 

 come shelter for game, and when old very beautiful with 

 its finely coloured stem and everlasting verdure. In 

 woods, too, we have the best chance of growing it out 

 of harm's way, as no asp of tropic jungle is more deadly, 

 and thousands of precious living creatures have been 

 killed by Yew. Plant as far in the centre of woods as 

 may be. Keep all old trees with reverent care. The 

 lower branches of Yews should be cut off where there 

 is any danger of stock reaching them. 



Lawson^s Cypress {Cupressiis Lawsoniana). A tall and 

 beautiful tree of the Pacific coast of North America, 

 100 feet high, and very free in our climate. Unfortu- 

 nately, owing to propagation from cuttings instead of in 

 the natural way from seed, the tree often breaks into 



