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TREES. 



no one can look upon it without being inspired with a desire to 



plant Cedars of Lebanon. 



The most remarkable peculiarity in the Cedar of Lebanon is the 



horizontal disposition of its wide spreading branches. This is not 



apparent in very young trees, but 

 soon becomes so as they begin to de- 

 velope large heads. Though in alti- 

 tude this tree is exceeded by some of 

 the pines lately discovered in Oregon, 

 which reach truly gigantic heights, 

 yet in breadth and massiveness it far 

 exceeds all other evergreen trees, and 

 when old and finely developed on 

 every side, is not equalled in an or- 

 namental point of view, by any syl- 

 van tree of temperate regions. 



Its character being essentially 

 grand and magnificent, it therefore 



Fig. 2. Cedar of Lebanon, at Mr. Ash's, should only be planted where there 



near New-York. Jg sufficient room f or fa develop- 



ment on every side. Crowded among other trees, all its fine 

 breadth and massiveness is lost, and it is drawn up with a narrow 

 head like any other of the pine family. But planted in the midst 

 of a broad lawn, it will eventually form a sublime object, far more 

 impressive and magnificent than most of the country houses which 

 belong to the private life of a republic. 



The Cedar of Lebanon grows in almost every soil, from the 

 poorest gravel to the richest loam. It has been remarked in Eng- 

 land that its growth is most rapid in localities where, though plant- 

 ed in a good dry soil, its roots can reach water such as situations 

 near the margins of ponds or springs. In general, its average growth 

 in this country in favorable soils is about a foot in a year ; and when 

 the soil is very deeply trenched before planting, or when its roots 

 are not stinted in the supply of moisture during the summer, it fre- 

 quently advances with double that rapidity. 



Although hardy here, we understand in New England it requires 

 slight protection in winter, while the trees are yet small. The 



