LXXVII. CONI/FERE: ARAUCA‘RIA. 106) 
different from that of 
the cedar of Leba- 
non. The grain is 
remarkably fine and 
close, and is capable 
of receiving a very 
high polish. It is par- 
ticularly valued for 
its durability; and is 
much used in the 
construction of Hi- 
malayan buildings, 
both public and pri- 
vate, and for bridges 
and boats. Strips of 
it are also employed 
for candles In Eng- 
land, the specimens of the tree are at present small ; but the feathery light- 
hess of its spreading branches, and the beautiful glaucous hue of its leaves, 
render it, even when young, one of the most ornamental of the coniferous 
trees ; and all the travellers who have seen it ful: grown agree that it unites 
an extraordinary degree of majesty and grandeur with its beauty. The tree 
thrives in every part of Great Britain where it has been tried, even as far 
north as Aberdeen; where, as in many other 
places, it is found hardier than the cedar of 
Lebanon. It is readily propagated by seeds, 
which preserve their vitality when imported 
overland in the cones, but scarcely otherwise. 
It also grows freely by cuttings, and by graft- 
ing on the common cedar, and the plants 
appear as handsome and free-growing as those 
raised from seed. It has been inarched on the 
larch ; but, the latter tree being deciduous, it 
may be doubtful whether plants so propagated 
will attain a large size, and be of great dura- 
tion. It has been grafted, in the wedge manner, 
on the common cedar, in considerable num- 
bers, by Mr. Barron, gardener to the Earl of 
Harrington, at Elvaston Castle. Mr. Barron 
has given a detailed account of his process, 
and of the success which attended it, in Gard. 
Mag., vol. xiv. p. 80. The nursery culture of the deodara cedar, and the 
soil and situation in which it is to be finally planted, may be considered, in all 
respects, the same as those of the common cedar. 
1976. C. Deoddra, 
1977. C. Deodara. 
Genus VI. 
ARAUCARIA Juss. Tue ARaucaria. Lin. Syst. Dice‘cia 
Monadélphia. 
Identification. Juss. Gen. Plant. 
. Eutassa Sal., Colymbéa Sal., Dombéya Lamb. Cupréssus Fors?., the Southern Pine. 
se From Ar a ‘he name of the people in whose country Araucaria imbricata grows 
in Chili 
Gen. Char. Male flower with the pollen contained in from 10 to 20 cases, 
pendent from the apex of the scale. Ovule solitary, connate with the carpel 
or scale, 
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