THE CEDARS. 65 



Cedrtjs Deodara erecta, Cripps, the Erect-growing Deodar 



Cedar. 

 Syn. Cedrus Deodara verticillata glauca, Cripps. 



This is a fine, erect growing variety, with the leaves of a 

 much more silvery hue than that of the common Deodar. 



It is in the nursery of Mr. Cripps, at Tunbridge Wells, and 

 the handsomest of all the silver tinted varieties. 



No, 3. Cedrus Libani, Barrelier, the Cedar of Lebanon. 



Syn. Pinus Cedrus, LinncBUS. 

 „ Abies Cedrus, Poiret. 

 Larix Cedrus, Miller. 

 „ „ patula, Salisbury. 

 „ „ Orientalis, Tournefort. 

 „ Cedrus Phcenicea, Benealm. 



Leaves simple, very dense, in alternate tufts of about 30 in 

 number, evergreen, rigid, partially four-sided, or cylindrical, 

 tapering to the point, straight, one inch long, sharp-pointed, 

 and of a dark grass-green colour. Branches horizontal, with 

 the branchlets disposed in a flat, fan-like manner on the 

 branches, very numerous, and thickly set with leaves. Cones 

 erect, ovate, flattened at the ends, and depressed, four or five 

 inches long, and two inches and a half wide, with rather a long 

 foot-stalk, of a grayish-brown colour, and remaining firmly 

 attached for years to the branches. The cones require two 

 years to ripen, and exude a large quantity of resinous matter 

 while growing. Scales flat, and firmly pressed against each 

 other, one inch and a half broad, obtuse, and tnmcated at the 

 summit, very thin, leathery, slightly denticulated at the edges, 

 of a reddish colour, and shining on the flat part. Seeds some- 

 what triangular, soft, and surmounted by a broad and very 

 thin membranaceous wing more than an inch long. 



A noble tree, with wide-spreading horizontal branches, grow- 

 ing from 60 to 80 feet high, and 30 feet in circumference, with 

 a flat, tabular top when old. 



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