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venience of sale, is rather apt to die. I am not aware that it has ever yet been 

 tried in quantity under forest conditions ; but, so far as I have seen, it is not subject 

 to insect or fungoid diseases which attack and kill the deodar. 



Many of the grafted trees of the glaucous variety, which are usually sold by 

 nurserymen, are one-sided and unsightly objects, for a good many years after planting 

 at any rate ; and though it is claimed by some that grafting, if properly done, does 

 not permanently disfigure the tree, yet I would always prefer seedlings. Even if not 

 quite so glaucous in colour as the best of the others, a certain number of this tint will 

 generally appear among them. 



The date at which the Algerian cedar was first introduced to this country is 

 somewhat uncertain; but it must have been subsequent to 1844, and if any older 

 ones exist they cannot be recognised with certainty. Several trees appearing older 

 than this have been supposed to be African, on account of their habit and cones, but 

 there is nothing on record to prove it. 



According to Ravenscroft, the oldest of which we have an exact record were 

 raised at Eastnor Castle in 1845, from cones gathered by Lord Somers himself at 

 Tdniet-el-Haad. In December i860 the tallest of these was 18^ feet; in December 

 1866, 31 feet. When I measured it in 1906, it was "j"] feet by 8 feet i inch. 



Remarkable Trees 



The tallest tree that I have measured in England is at Linton Park, Kent, and 

 is a glaucous tree, which, from its shape, seems to be grafted, though there is no 

 evidence of this. It was 80 feet high in 1902. 



The largest recorded at the Conifer Conference in 1891 was at Mulgrave Castle, 

 Yorkshire,^ the seat of the Marquess of Normanby. It was then 66 feet by 5 feet 10 

 inches. Mr. Corbett informs me that it is now 72 feet by 8 feet 4 inches. 



On Ashampstead Common, Berks, there is a handsome and well-grown tree 

 which has grown up in a semi -wild condition among other trees, and which was 

 63 feet by t\ feet when I last saw it in 1907 (Plate 137). 



At Ashridge there are several fine glaucous trees, raised from seeds, which were 

 brought, by Earl Brownlow, in 1862, from T^niet-el-Hdad ; the best of them already 

 measures 58 feet by 6 feet. At Merton Hall, Norfolk, there is a very well-shaped 

 tree measuring 60 feet by 6 feet. 



At Bicton there is a fine tree measuring 68 feet by 7 feet 6 inches. At 

 Coldrinick, in Cornwall, there is a well -shaped tree which, in 1905, was 64 feet 

 by 5^ feet. At Heanton Satchville, North Devon, I saw a healthy young tree in a 

 shrubbery, which was clear of branches to 20 feet up, and though 48 feet high, was 

 only 2 feet 7 inches in girth, showing the ability of this cedar to thrive without much 

 space, even in a climate so much damper and cooler than that of Algeria. 



At Tortworth there is a cedar about 50 feet high with very short leaves, and 

 remarkably fastigiate habit, which seems to belong to the variety vvaxa^d, fastigiata. 



In Scotland I have not seen any so large as in England; but the tree grows 



' A tree at Grimston, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, reported in 1900 to be 70 feet high and 13 feet in girth at three feet from 

 the ground, which was said to be sixty-five years old, is probably a Lebanon cedar. Cf. Card. Chron. xxviii. 210 (1900). ) 

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