96 FAMILIAR TREES 



from the great tree at Hendon, which was blown 

 down in 1779. 



Of existing specimens, that at Strathfieldsa^e, 

 108 feet high, is the loftiest ; bat unquestionably 

 the largest and handsomest is that at Syon House, 

 Isleworth, seventy-two feet high, over twenty-five 

 feet in girth, and sweeping the ground with its 

 branches, which spread nearly 120 feet. 



The Cedar is not difficult to raise from seed, nor is 

 it at all exacting in the matter of soil ; but unfortun- 

 ately it suffers great damage from the accumulation 

 of snow on the fan-like expansions of its evergreen 

 branches. 



TRANSVERSE SECTION OF NEEDLE LEAF OF CEDAR OF LEBANOM 



