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B. orientalis gracilis. — This variety, which we have received 



under the latter name, Nepalensis, is perfectly hardy 



^^T.T , . ^i"! much more slender and graceful than the 



B. Nepalenms. ° 



common Chinese. It is found in Nepaul and 

 Northern India. We consider it one of the most interesting of 

 the arbor vitse. 



B. Tartarica (Tartarian arbor vitae). — A dense conical bush 

 Syn. growing ten feet high, a native of Tartary ; quite 



Th^^l^S.'^^'*'"'''^^^- •^"'^ specimen, eight feet high, has 

 always proved perfectly hardy. 



We are inclined to believe that this variety may be often 

 confounded with and sold for what is called the Siberian arbor 

 vitae, and the place of its origin would seem to justify this ; but 

 we do not find, in all our authorities or in any of the English 

 or French catalogues, any mention of the Siberian arbor vitae, 

 except as a synonym of T, occidentalis (the American arbor 

 vitae), which, what is known in this country as Siberian, cer- 

 tainly is not. It is also associated with Warreana, though the 

 latter came from Nootka Sound, and would seem to be identi- 

 cal with Don's plicata. 



Cedrus. The Cedae. 



0. Atlantica (the Mount Atlas cedar), or better known in 

 Syn. this country as the Silver cedar of Lebanon, is only 



c. argentea. a variety of the ordinary Cedar of Lebanon with 

 glaucous leaves. It is not impossible, however, but what it 

 may be in certain localities hardier, since it thrives perfectly at 

 Newport, when the common Cedar of Lebanon is cut down and 

 not unfrequently killed. This is also the report from Flush-- 

 ing. 



As all the remarks, we propose to make about the Cedar of 

 Lebanon, apply to this tree, we shall refer our readers to the 

 succeeding pages. 



C. deodara (the Deodar or Indian Cedar). — The anticipations 

 Syn. formed of this most graceful evergreen in the 



Pinna deodara. gj.gt edition of this book, we truly regret to say, 

 have not been generally fulfilled. It grows so readily and so 

 rapidly, particularly in the |,ater autumn months, that it is with 



