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liable to become open, ragged, and unsightly. In some sections 

 we have seen roadsides planted with the red cedar, but their 

 appearance is not that of beauty or grandeur, and its use for 

 such purpose can not be commended. 



With the English juniper communis there is a classical 

 association which we have occasionally heard strained to that 

 of the red cedar, as the tree mentioned in Holy Writ under 

 which the prophet Elijah took refuge in the wilderness of Becr- 

 sheba to avoid the persecutions of King Ahab. 



LEBANON CEDAR. Cedrus Libani. The cedar of Lebanon, 

 Indian or Deodar cedar, African or silver cedar, Japan cedar, 

 and some others, are all beautiful trees ; but in the Northern 

 and Middle States they are not perfectly hardy, and therefore 

 can not be recommended for general planting. Where, however, 

 they endure the climate, their beauty of foliage, the stateliness 

 and w T ide-spreading habits of the Lebanon and silver cedars, 

 the pendulous graceful habit of the Indian and Japan cedars, 

 should not be forgotten by the planter, but their free use made 

 a point to the exclusion of many sorts more common and of less 

 historical association. 



As lawn trees, the light, airy, graceful characters of the Japan 

 and Deodar cedars render them specially beautiful, and as we 

 have said, wherever the climate is such that they can be grown 

 safely, their planting should not be omitted. 



