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the diameter of the trunk, at three feet from the ground, 

 eight feet, and that of the head one hundred and seventeen 

 feet. To the numerous examples of the Cedar given in the 

 " Arboretum Britannicum," we may add twelve or fourteen 



trees at Bayfordbury, Herts, the seat of Baker Esq., 



measuring from ten to twelve and fourteen feet in circum- 

 ference near the base, at the age of ninety years ; also a 

 fine group at Scruton, near Bedale, Yorkshire ; the seed 

 from which these were raised is said to have been brought 

 home by Dr. Pococke, the traveller, which, if correct, 

 would make the trees nearly one hundred years old. 



Before closing our account of the Cedar, and with it our 

 work on " British Forest-trees, 1 ' 1 we may mention the intro- 

 duction of the Cedrus deodara, a species belonging to this 

 genus, which bids fair to prove a valuable acquisition, not 

 only to the list of our ornamental, but to that of our most 

 valuable timber trees. It is a native of the Himalayas, 

 the mountains of Nepal, &c, where it grows at a great 

 elevation, and attains a height and dimensions surpassing 

 those of the Lebanon species, rarely, it is said, falling short 

 of a height of one hundred and fifty feet, with a trunk 

 of thirty feet or more in circumference. Its wood is also 

 reported to be of first-rate quality, being compact, resinous, 

 highly fragrant, of a deep rich colour, which has been 

 compared to that of a polished brown agate ; the grain 

 remarkably fine and close, and capable of receiving a beau- 

 tiful polish. It is also of the most durable nature, and 

 instances have been mentioned where the timber of the 

 deodar employed in buildings in which it had stood up- 

 wards of two hundred years, when taken down was found 

 in no way impaired, but fresh and fit for further similar 

 uses. As the species, in addition to the superior quality 

 of its wood, is highly ornamental, and sufficiently hardy 



