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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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tion of David's house, and later 

 in the building of the second tem- 

 ple. That Cedrus Libani will 

 grow and flourish in the United 

 States is evidenced by a few beau- 

 tiful examples which were 

 brought here about a hundred 

 years ago, and which we illus- 

 trate. Perhaps the most notable 

 of these is the famous tree on the 

 Huntington estate at Throggs 

 Neck on Long Island Sound, New 

 York. The tree is said to have 

 been brought over from Palestine, 

 in 1790, by Philip I. Livingston, 

 who was then the owner of what 

 is now the Huntington estate. An- 

 other fine specimen still stands on 

 the old Prince estate of Flushing, 

 Long Island, near the bridge, and 

 a third and very handsome speci- 

 men stands in an open field on the 

 estate of Capt. F. A. Hinman, 

 also at Flushing. That these 

 trees were planted about the same 

 period there is little doubt, for 



they are each of them in the neighborhood of sixty-five to 

 seventy feet high. A specimen planted in 1842 at Wood- 

 lawn, near Princeton, New Jersey, had in 1889, attained a 

 height of about fifty feet. Among the conifers there is no 



Cede 



Neck, 



more handsome or majestic tree 

 or one more worthy of cultivation 

 in this country both for its beauty 

 to all tree lovers and its historic 

 interest. Perhaps the most suc- 

 cessful efforts to raise the Cedar 

 of Lebanon in America have been 

 made by the Arnold Arboretum 

 of Harvard University, where 

 many young specimens, ranging 

 from ten to fifteen feet in height, 

 have been grown from the cone, 

 which, by the way, differs from 

 most Cedar cones in the fact that 

 their surface resembles that of 

 polished wood at maturity and 

 are of a pale green in the early 

 stages. A point of interest with 

 regard to the specimens grown 

 here, which we illustrate, is that 

 each of them stand within a very 

 short distance of large bodies of 

 water. Lebanons were introduced 

 into England toward the end of 

 the 17th century, and have been 

 successfully raised in many parts, 



the Huntington estate, Throggs 



Long Island, N. Y. 



notably the magnificent specimens at Blenheim, the Duke 

 of Marlboro's estate. The trees were also introduced into 

 France early in the 18th century, and have been successfully 

 raised there, these instances showing a very wide distribution. 



Cedar of Lebanon on the estate of Captain F. A. Hinman, Flushing, Long Island, N. Y. 



