1060 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
1975. C. Deoddra. 
The male catkins are upright, without footstalks ; cylindrical somewhat club- 
shaped ; and yellowish, tinged with red. The cones are upright, generally in 
pairs, on short, thick, woody footstalks ; of nearly the same shape as those 
of the cedar of Lebanon, but broader and longer; slightly tapering at the 
base, and somewhat more pointed at their summit. They are of a rich red- 
dish brown, very resinous, and with the margins of the scales slightly marked 
with green; about 4in. in length, and from lin. to 24in. broad. The scales 
are nearly of the same size and shape as those of C. Libani ; but they fall off 
when ripe, like those of the silver fir. The seed is light brown, and irregu- 
larly shaped, with a large bright brown wing. The rate of growth, in the 
climate of London, appears to be much the same as that of the cedar of Le- 
banon; and it is equally hardy. The wood of the Cédrus Deoddra possesses 
all the qualities attributed by the ancients to that of C. Libani. It is very 
compact and resinous, and has a fine, fragrant, refreshing smell, like that felt 
when walking in pine groves towards evening or in moist weather ; and very 
