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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1975. C. Deodars. 



The male catkins are upright, without footstalks ; cylindrical somewhat club- 

 shaped ; and yellowish, tinged with red. The cones are upright, generally in 

 pairs, on short, thick, woody footstalks ; of nearly the same shape as those 

 of the cedar of Lebanon, but broader and longer ; slightly tapering at the 

 base, and somewhat more pointed at their summit. They are of a rich red- 

 dish brown, very resinous, and with the margins of the scales slightly marked 

 with green ; about 4 in. in length, and from 1 in. to 2^ in. broad. The scales 

 are nearly of the same size and shape as those of C. Libani ; but they fall off 

 when ripe, like those of the silver fir. The seed is light brown, and irregn- 

 larly shaped, with a large bright brown wing. The rate of growth, in the 

 climate of London, appears to be much the same as that of the cedar of Le- 

 banon ; and it is equally hardy. The wood of the Cedrus Deodcira possesses 

 all the qualities attributed by the ancients to that of C. Libani. It is very 

 compact and resinous, and has a fine, fragrant, refreshing smell, like that felt 

 when walking in pine groves towards evening or in moist weather ; and very 



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