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bling a, Tahiter's Tend! : It hi^th 

 Male Flowers (or Kutkins) rchich 

 fi,re-^roduc'dat remote T)i (lances from 

 the Fruit on the fame Tree , the 

 Seeds are froduc\l in Cones, which 

 are large, fquamofe and turbinated. 



Cedrus j magna, five Lihani, Co- 

 nifera. J. B. The Cedar of Li- 

 bcinus bearing Cones. 



Many, I doubt not, will be fur- 

 pviz'd that 1 fhould retain the Name 

 of Cedar to this Tree, iince Mon- 

 ficur Tcurnefort hath plac'd this 

 v/ith the Larch-trcc, and the N^rne 

 Cedar being now appropriated to a 

 Berry-bearing Trccj but I have 

 obfcrv'd a material Dilierence in 

 the Manner of Flowering and Fruc- 

 tification, between the Larch and 

 this Tree .• And iince this is gene- 

 rally believ'd to be the Cedar men- 

 ticn'd in Scripture, fo confecjuent- 

 ly, if Preference is given to Anti- 

 quity, th^s hath the grcatefl Right 

 to the Name: I fliall therefore beg 

 Leave to diftinguifh the other by 

 the Name of Birrj -bearing Cedar, 

 in the next Article, and for Dif- 

 tinciion-fakc, this may be call'd 

 Cone-bearing Cedar. 



The Cones of this Tree are 

 brought from the Levant, Which, 

 if preferv'd intire, will continue 

 their Seetis for feveral Years ; The 

 Time of their ripening is ccm- 

 rnoniy in the Spring, and \b con- 

 fequen':]}' arc near 'one Year old be- 

 fore Vv'e receive them, for which 

 they are not the worfe, but rather 

 the belter, the Cones having dif- 

 charg'd a great Parr of their Reiin 

 by lying, and the Seeds are much 

 eafier to get out of them than 

 fuch as are frcfli taken from the 

 Tree. 



The bcft Way to get the Seeds 

 out is to fpiit the Cones, by dri- 

 ving a fharp Piece of Iron through 

 the Center length- v/ays, and lo 



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pull the Seeds out with your Firr^ 

 gers, which you'll find are fallen u 

 to a thin leafy Sublhnce, as are 

 thofe of the Firr-Tree. 



Thefe Seeds fiiou'd be Town in 

 Boxes or Pots of light frefh Earth, 

 and treated as was dire6ted for the 

 Fhvs (to which I refer the Reader) j 

 but only fliall obferve, that thclc 

 require more Shade in Summer 

 than the Firrs, and the fooner they 

 are planted into the open Ground, 

 the better. 



When thcfc Plants begin to flioot 

 frrong, you'll always find the lead- 

 ing Shoot incline to one Side ; 

 therefore if you intend to have 

 them ftrait, you mud fupport them 

 with Stakes, obferving to keep 

 the Leader always clofe ty'd up, 

 until you have gotten them to the 

 Height you deiign them, other- 

 wife their Branches will -extend oa 

 every Side, and prevent their grow- 

 ing tall. 



Thefe Trees are by many People 

 kept in Pyramids, and fliear'd as 

 Yews, (^c. in which Form they 

 lofe their greateft Beauty,- for the 

 Extcnfion of the Branches are very 

 lingular in this Tree, the Ends of 

 their Shoots, for the moft part, 

 declining, and thereby ihewing 

 their upper Surface, which is con- 

 flantly cloath'd with green Leaves 

 in fo regular a manner, as to ap- 

 pear, at fome Diftance, like a green 

 Carpet, and thefe waving about 

 with theWind, make one of the mod: 

 agreeable Proipe<3:s that can be to 

 terminate a Vifia, efpecialiy if plant- 

 ed on a riling Ground. 



It is Matter of Surprize to me, 

 that this Tree hath not been more 

 cultivated in England, than at pre- 

 lent we find it , nncc it would be 

 a gre-it Ornament to barren bleak 

 Mountains, where few other Tree? 

 wou'd grow j ir being a Native of 



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