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SYLVAN WINTEE., 



branches, give to the Cedar an aspect which, once 

 seen, is not easily iorgotten. "When, as is some- 



Cedar of Lebanon. 



times the case, this noble tree is 

 seen standing alone on the face 

 of some stretch of greensward, 

 the bright green of the grass, 

 shining through the spaces be- 

 tween the branches, brings out 

 in strongly contrasting colours the sombreness 

 of the evergreen Cedar foliage. The massive 



