CONIFERi^ 



DEODAR OR INDIAN CEDAR, Cedrus Beodara. 



Parks, gardens, shrubberies. September. October. This is a handsome 

 tree at all times, but in the young stage it is made especially ornamental by 

 reason of its pendulous leader and gracefully drooping branch-tips. It is not 

 particular as to soil, but will not thrive in cold and exposed situations. 



Flowera monoecious or dioecious, resembling C. IJbani, at ends of arrested 

 branchlets ; Males erect, 2-3 ins. long ; Fruit a cone, narrower and more lax 

 than C. Liba/ii, ovoid-cylindrical, shortly stalked, often in pairs, usually on 

 upper sides of top branches, 3-5 ins. long, bluish when young, pale reddish- 

 brown when mature, scales closely imbricate, deciduous ; seeds .\-| in., wing 

 triangular, | in. long. 



Leaves fascicled, triquetrous, rigid, larger than C Libani, dark bluish-green, 

 light glaucous bloom. 



An evergreen tree, 60-80 ft. ; elongated pyramidal or conical outline ; 

 terminal shoots of branches slender, pendulous ; Branches of young trees slender, 

 very flexible, drooping. 



Native of Western Himalayas, where it attains a height of 150 ft. or more, 

 its timber being very durable, lasting for hundreds of years ; used for railway- 

 sleepers, bridges, &c. ; owing to fragrance, Hindus burn wood as incense ; seeds 

 first introduced to England by Hon. W. L. Melville, 1831. 



CEDAR OF LEBANON, Cedms Libani. 



Parks, gardens. May. Hest in deep soil where roots have access to water. 



Flowers monoecious, not usually produced under 25-30 years ; 3Iales 



isolated, i? in. long, erect, ovoid, yellowish, mostly near apex of tree, scales 



broad, thin, closely imbricated : Females 31,-4 ins. long, ellipsoid-oblong, purple 



when young ; Fruit a cone, erect, oblong, oval, pedunculate, purplish-brown, 



resinous, 3-li ins. long, H-2| ins. diameter, scales woody, thin, margin 



somewhat membranous, very compact, in young stage greyish-green tinged 



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