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Lebanon and Mount Taurus, where it grows to a height of from 

 sixty to eighty feet. It was introduced into this country in 1683. 

 Some of the first plants that were introduced are still growing in the 

 Botanic Garden, Chelsea. There are a great many fine specimens of 

 this tree in this country, some of which may be seen at Wykeham 

 Abbey, near Scarborough, one of the seats of Lord Downe. There 

 are also good specimens at Arniston in Mid- Lothian, and Hopetoun 

 House in West Lothian. Although a highly ornamental tree, and one 

 peculiarly adapted as a park tree, it is not much valued for its timber. 

 It grows well in different varieties of soil, provided they are porous, and 

 the situation not too much exposed. 



Ccdrus Atlantica (Mount Atlas Cedar). This is a native of Mount 

 Atlas, where it is found growing at an elevation of nine thousand feet 

 above sea-level. It was introduced in 1844. It very much resembles 

 the cedar of Lebanon, but may be known from it by its whiter appear- 

 ance. It is quite hardy in Britain. There is a fine specimen of it at 

 Bicton, in Devonshire, the age of which is now about twenty-one years, 

 and it is about thirty-five feet high ; one at Kew, fifteen years old, is 

 twenty-four feet high ; one at Donibristle, in the county of Fife, Scot- 

 laud, seventeen years old, is twenty feet high. It grows well in the 

 north of Scotland. 



Cedrus Deodara (Deodar or Indian Cedar, Lindley). This is a native 

 of the Western Himalayas, where it grows to a height of one hundred and 

 fifty feet, and nine or ten feet in diameter of stem, and at a height of ten 

 thousand feet above sea-level. It was introduced in 1822. When young, 

 it is a very graceful and ornamental tree ; but when old, is said to form 

 a large horizontally-branched tree. It is said to be often met with in 

 its native localities with a girth varying from twenty-four to thirty feet, 

 and a proportionate height and expanse of branches. A large quantity 

 of the seed of this tree was procured in 1851 by the Eight Hon. T. F. 

 Kennedy, who was then Chief Commissioner over the Crown Woods 

 and Forests, and given to some of the principal nurserymen, with 

 the view of its being more extensively introduced into this kingdom. 

 A quantity of the seed was also sown in the Royal forests, but chiefly 

 in the New Forest, Hampshire ; and a great number of good plants now 

 remain. This was done at the time, as it was then considered that 

 the timber of the deodara was hard and durable; and it is largely 

 employed in the erection of dwelling-houses and temples in its native 

 quarters, and also for bridges and boats, where it gives ample proof 

 of the durability of its timber. In Moorcroft's Travels, many instances 

 will be found of the good lasting quality of ^the native-grown deodara. 

 In these countries it is stated that, if the timber be used when young, 



