THE CEDAR OF LEBANON 



cone. It is also more easy to transplant, and en- 

 dures exposure and bad soil better than the Lebanon. 

 In this country it is generally considered to be the 

 hardiest of the true Cedars. The Atlas Cedar also 

 grows faster than the Lebanon. The date of its 

 introduction into England is not precisely known, 

 but the oldest recorded tree is one at Eastnor Castle 

 and was raised in 1845 from cones gathered by Lord 

 Somers at Teniet-el-Gaad. In 1906 this tree was 

 77 feet tall apd 8 feet i inch in girth of trunk. At 

 Linton Park, Kent, there is a tree 80 feet tall (in 

 1902) and very glaucous. In Ireland are even taller 

 trees; one at Fota, also of the glaucous variety and 

 planted in 1850, was 83 feet tall and 7 feet 7 inches in 

 girth in 1904. At Carton, the seat of the Duke of 

 Lienster, is a reputed Atlas Cedar which in 1903 was 

 80 feet high by 9 feet in girth of trunk. In the south 

 of France and northern Italy the Atlas Cedar grows 

 faster than in England. In the public garden at 

 Aix au Savoie there is a grove, planted in 1862, with 

 trees from 90 to 95 feet tall. There are varieties such 

 as glauca, pyramidalis, columnaris, and fastigiata 

 which are sufficiently described by the names they 

 bear. 



On the principal watershed of the southern ranges 

 in the island of Cyprus grows a third species of Cedar 

 (C. brevifolia). This was discovered in 1879, by Sir 



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