232 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



From the above table, it will be seen how congenial even 

 the cold climate of Scotland is, to the growth of this tree. 

 Indeed in its native soils, the tops of the surrounding 

 hills are almost perpetually covered with snow, and it is 

 therefore, one of the very hardiest of the evergreens of the 

 old world. There can be no reason why it should not suc- 

 ceed admirably in many parts of the United States; and when 

 we consider its great size, fine dark green foliage, and wide 

 spreading limbs, which 



'■ ' Overarching, frame 



Most solemn domes within," 



Shelley. 



as well as the many interesting associations connected with 

 it, we cannot but think it better worth our early attention, 

 and extensive introduction, than almost any other foreign 

 tree. Evergreens are comparatively difficult to import, and 

 as we have made the experiment of importing Cedars of Le- 

 banon from the English nurseries with but indifferent suc- 

 cess, we would advise that persons attempting its cultivation, 

 should procure the cones containing the seeds from England, 

 when they may be reared directly in our own soil, which 

 will of course be an additional advantage to the future growth 

 of the tree.* 



The situations found to be most favourable to this Cedar, 

 in the parks and gardens of Europe, are loose sandy or grav- 

 elly soils, either with a moist subsoil underneath, or in the 

 neighbourhood of springs, or bodies of water. In such places 

 it is found to advance with a rapidity equal to the Larch, 

 one of the fastest growing timber trees, as we have already 

 noticed. 



* The finest Cedar of Lebanon in the Union, is growing in the grounds of T. 

 Ash, Esq. of Westchester Co. N. Y. being 50 feet high and of corresponding 

 breadth. 



