

LXXVII. CONI'FEIUE: ARAUCA^RIA. 



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1976. C. Deodar 



different from that of 

 the cedar of Leba- 

 non. The grain is 

 remarkably fine and 

 close, and is capable 

 of receiving a very 

 high polish. It is par- 

 ticularly valued for 

 its durability; and is 

 much used in the 

 construction of Hi- 

 malayan buildings, 

 both public and pri- 

 vate, and for bridges 

 and boats. Strips of 

 it are also employed 

 for candles In Eng- 

 land, the specimens of the tree are at present small ; but the feathery light- 

 ness of its spreading branches, and the beautiful glaucous hue of its leaves, 

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

 thrives in every part of Great Britain where it has been tried, even as far 

 north as Aberdeen ; where, as in many other 

 places, it is found hardier than the cedar of 

 Lebanon. It is readily propagated by seeds, 

 which pressrve their vitality when imported 

 overland in the cones, but scarcely otherwise. 

 It also grows freely by cuttings, and by graft- 

 ing on the common cedar, and the plants 

 appear as handsome and free-growing as those 

 raised from seed. It has been inarched on the 

 larch ; but, the latter tree being deciduous, it 

 may be doubtful whether plants so propagated 

 will attain a large size, and be of great dura- 

 tion. It has been grafted, in the wedge manner, 

 on the common cedar, in considerable num- 

 bers, by Mr. Barren, gardener to the Earl of 

 Harrington, at Elvaston Castle. Mr. Barren 

 has given a detailed account of his process, 

 and of the success which attended it, in Gard. 

 Mag., vol. xiv. p. 80. The nursery culture of the deodara cedar, and the 

 soil and situation in which it is to be finally planted, may be considered, in all 

 respects, the same as those of the common cedar. 



1977. C. Deodbta. 



GENUS VI. 



ARAUCA^IA Juts. 



THE ARAUCARIA. 

 Monadelphia. 



Lin. Syst. Dioe x cia 



Identification. Juss. Gen. Plant. 



Synonymes. Kutassa Sal., Colymbfea Sal., DombSya Lamb., Cupressus Forst., the Southern Pine. 



Derivation. From Arattcanos, the name of the people in whose country Araucaria imbridHa grows 



in Chili. 



Gen. Char. Male floiver with the pollen contained in from 10 to 20 cases, 

 pendent from the apex of the scale. Ovule solitary, connate with the carpel 

 or scale. 



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