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shelter afforded by sticking a few branches of evergreens in the 

 ground around it, will fully answer this purpose. Wherever the 

 Isabella grape matures fully in the open air, it may be cultivated 

 successfully. The few plants that are offered for sale by the nursery- 

 men in this country, are imported from England in pots, but there 

 is no reason why they should not be raised here from seeds, and 

 sold in larger quantities at a reduced price. The seeds vegetate 

 freely, even when three or four years old, and the cones containing 

 them may easily be obtained of London seedsmen.* 



The cone of the Cedar of Lebanon (of which figure 3 is a re- 

 duced drawing) is about 4 inches long, and is beautifully formed. 



The spring is the better time for plant- 

 ing the Cedar of Lebanon, in this climate. 

 When the small trees are grown in pots, 

 there is no difficulty in transporting them 

 to any distance, and as the months of 

 September and October are the best for 

 importing them from England, we trust 

 our leading nurserymen who are now 

 importing thousands of fruit trees from 

 London and Paris annually, will provide 

 a sufficient stock of this most desirable 

 evergreen for the spring sales of 1848. 

 If the Cedar of Lebanon does not become 

 a popular tree with all intelligent planters 

 in this country, who have space enough 

 to allow it to show its beauties, and a 



Ced S ofLebInon) o?e-sixth of the climate not too inclement for its growth, 

 natural8ize ' then we have greatly overrated the 



taste of those engaged in rural improvements at the present mo- 



* Mr. Ash presented us with some cones from his tree in 1844, the seeds 

 from which we planted and they vegetated very readily. They should be 

 sown in the autumn, in light, rich soil, in broad flat boxes about four 

 inches deep. These should be placed in a cellar till spring, and then kept 

 during the summer following in a cool and rather shaded situation the 

 next winter in a cellar or cold pit, and the succeeding spring they may be 

 transplanted into the nnrsery. 



