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Our collections from the Florida Keys are very interesting and 
valuable in themselves, but even more interesting in connection 
with the observations made there, in indicating what discoveries 
wait a more concentrated search under favorable weather con- 
cies freedom from insect pests, and proper means of trans- 
portation. 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. SMALL, 
Head Curator of the Museums and Herbarium. 
THE CEDAR OF LEBANON 
ma: ara example of this interesting tree, on the estate 
of Mrs. Col . Huntington, at Throgg’s Nec Y. City, 
is shown in ie accompanying illustration. This specimen is in 
full vigor, although over one hundred years old, standing sturdy 
and strong, with many years of life before it, unless the hand of 
man should cut short its career. This tree is about seventy-five 
feet tall, with a maximum spread of branches of about sixty-five 
. The branches have a peculiar flat shape, giving a sort of 
terraced effect to the foliage. Judging from illustrations, the 
tree on the Huntington estate equals, if it does not exceed, in 
beauty and dignity any of those in cultivation in Euro 
Imagine the dark green foliage, the tall straight trunk over a our 
feet in diameter, and the broad spreading branches extending 
to the ground, and you have a picture of this tree as it now is. 
It has stood there for one hundred and twenty-three years, 
having been brought to this country, so the story runs, from 
Palestine, in 1790, by Philip I. Livingston, the former owner of 
the present Huntington estate, and a great lover of the choice in 
horticulture in his day. Then but a small tree, it has flourished 
in its present site until it now bears the reputation of being the 
finest specimen in this nt There are other smaller trees 
in Central Park and ae Parle Another was planted at 
Woodlawn, near Princeton, N. J., by the late Judge Field in 
1842. This was thirty-six feet high in 1859, and thirty years 
later it had eee a height of fifty-four feet and a trunk diam- 
