LECTUKE II. 



CONIFEBOUS TBEES NOT INCLUDED BY FLINT UNDER THE HEAD 

 OF PICIFEB^; CEDAE OF THE ANCIENTS CEDAES OF THE 

 MODEENS JUNIPEB CITEUS OF THE ANCIENTS TAXUS 

 OTHEE TBEES NOT BELONGING TO THE TWO PRECEDING 

 DIVISIONS, ENUMEEATED ACCOBDING TO THEIE PLACE IN 

 THE NATURAL SYSTEM TILIA ACEE CEECIS CYTISUS 

 CBAT^GUS COBNUS ABBUTUS FBAXINUS ULMUS 

 CELTIS ALNUS S ALIX POPULUS BETULLA CAEPINUS 

 OSTEYA PLATANUS. 



THERE are still a few plants not placed by the 

 ancients under the name of Piciferce, which 

 either belong, or bear a near relation to, those 

 which modern botanists regard as conifers. Thus 

 we have repeated mention of a tree called Cedrus, 

 or in Greek Ke'5/ooy, which afforded timber for 

 many useful purposes, and was at the same time 

 aromatic. 



We are, therefore, naturally led to suppose that 

 it was a Cedar, and you will see it set down in 

 most dictionaries and lexicons a as corresponding 

 to that tree. Nevertheless, it is difficult to suppose 

 that when the writers of antiquity speak of it as 

 existing in Italy or Greece, they could refer to 

 any one of the three species of Cedar recognised 

 by modern botanists, namely, either to C.Libani, 

 C. Atlantica, or C. Deodar a. 



See Scott and Liddell. 

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