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variety of the C. Libani, we make the following extracts 

 from the Gardener's Chronicle in reference to the two : 

 " In the first place, it is to be observed that if the Cedar 

 of Lebanon and Deodar are sown in mixture, the seedlings 

 are unmistakably different. One is green, stiff, and erect; 

 the other is glaucous and drooping. No one, we believe, 

 ever saw a Cedar of Lebanon with its seedling stem turned 

 downwards ; no one, a Deodar in any other state. 



" In advanced age, the difference is preserved; the Cedar 

 of Lebanon may become glaucous, but it does not droop ; 

 the Deodar may become green, but it will not straighten 

 its leader ; the one is always stiff and massive, the other 

 light and graceful." The writer then points out the dif- 

 ferences in the wood of each, referring to the admirable 

 durability of the Deodar's timber, and the proneness of that 

 of the Cedar of Lebanon to decay. He also mentions the 

 difference in the cones ; the scales of those produced by 

 the Cedar of Lebanon are exceedingly persistent, whilst 

 those of the Deodar drop at maturity. 



The timber of the Deodar is exceedingly valuable and 

 lasting, equalling in this respect that of the Larch. London 

 says it possesses " all the qualities attributed by the an- 

 cients to that of C. Libani. It is very compact and resin- 

 ous, and has a fine, fragrant, refreshing smell, like that 

 observed when walking in pine groves towards evening, 

 or in moist weather, and very different from that of the 

 Cedar of Lebanon. Its wood has a remarkably fine, close 

 grain, capable of receiving a very high polish ; .so much so, 

 indeed, that a table formed of a section of a trunk nearly 

 4 feet in diameter, sent by Dr. Wallich to Mr. Lambert, 

 has been compared to a slab of brown agate." 



London also quotes from the writings of others in regard 

 to its durability, and extracts a description from Lambert's 

 Finns, where a building was torn down that was estimated 

 to have stood for 225 years, and notwithstanding the great 

 length of time, the timber, which was of the Deodar, was 



