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be seen growing in the neighborhood of New York 

 City and Philadelphia. 



The Cedar of Lebanon grows also on the Anti- 

 Taurus Mountains in Asia Minor, a region more 

 northern and colder than that of the Lebanon 

 Mountains; and in 1901, the Director of the Arnold 

 Arboretum had seeds collected there and these 

 were sown in 1902. None of the plants raised 

 from these seeds, although planted in exposed situa- 

 tions, has ever suffered and some of them are now 

 from eighteen to twenty feet tall. The experiment 

 promises complete success and there seems every 

 possibility of our enjoying a thriving race of Cedar 

 of Lebanon which will withstand the winter frosts 

 and summer droughts of New England. If this be 

 consummated the boon conferred on our parks and 

 gardens will be inestimable. 



Neither the Atlas Cedar (C. atlanticd) nor the 

 Deodar (C. deodara) is quite hardy in New England. 



The Japanese Umbrella Pine (Sciadopitys verti- 

 cillata), with long, dark glossy green leaves arranged 

 in whorls, is perhaps the most distinct of all Conifers. 

 It is perfectly hardy and delights in a cool, moist 

 situation. Young trees vary from narrowly to 

 broadly conical in outline and are strikingly beautiful. 

 In Japan this tree has a rather limited distribution 



