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Cedars of Lebanon in the world, at the present moment, however, 

 are in Great Britain. A people so fond of park scenery as the Eng- 

 lish, could not but be early impressed with the magnificence of this 

 oriental cedar. It was accordingly introduced into England as early 

 as 1683, and the two oldest trees on record there are said to have 

 been planted by Queen Elizabeth. The Duke of Richmond of the 

 year 1761, planted 1000 young Cedars of Lebanon; and nearly all 

 the larger estates in England boast their noble specimens of this tree 

 at the present day. The tallest specimen in England, is that at 

 Strathfieldsaye, the seat of the Duke of Wellington, which is 108 

 feet high. Woburn Abbey boasts also many superb specimens 

 varying from 60 to 90 feet high, nine of which measure from 4 to 6 

 feet each in the diameter of their trunks. But the largest, and, ac- 

 cording to Loudon, unquestionably the handsomest cedar in Eng- 

 land, is the magnificent specimen at Syon House, the seat of the 

 Duke of Northumberland. This tree is 72 feet high, the diameter 

 of its head 117 feet, and of the trunk 8 feet We give a miniature 

 engraving of this tree 

 (Fig. 1) from the 

 Arboretum Britanni- 

 cum, and also of the 

 tree at Foxley, plant- 

 ed by Sir Uvedale 

 Price, which is 50 

 feet high, with a 

 trunk measuring 4 

 feet in diameter. 

 The finest speci- 



,, .. . Fia. L The Syon Cedar. 



men of this ever- 

 green in the United States, is that upon the grounds of Thomas 

 Ash, Esq., at Throg's Neck, Westchester county, N. Y. We made 

 a hasty sketch of this tree in 1845, of which the annexed engraving 

 is a miniature. (Fig. 2.) It is about 50 feet high, and has, we 

 learn, been planted over 40 years. It is a striking and beautiful 

 tree, but has as yet by no means attained the grandeur and dignity 

 which a few more years will give it. Still, it is a very fine tree, and 

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