430 Account of the Growth of some Cedars of Lebanon. 



omitted to mention at what height from the ground this mea- 

 surement was taken. 



In 1801 the dimensions of these trees as well as of other 

 kinds planted at the same period, were taken; the observations 

 were repeated in 1820, and I am now enabled to add the 

 present size of those which had been before noticed, as well 

 as of some others of different kinds, but of the same age, which 

 were not before attended to. 



The circumference of the trunks is taken in all the cases at 

 three feet above the ground, and it will be seen by comparing 

 the different measures, how much the Cedars have exceeded 

 all the other trees. 





1801 



1820 



1825 





ft. in. 



ft. in. 



ft. in. 



1st Cedar 



10 



13 \\ 



14 



2nd Cedar 



8 6 



10 9f 



11 4 



3rd Cedar 



7 10 



9 9^ 



10 8 



Sweet Chestnut 



10 1 



11 7 



12 



Beech 



9 4 



9 11 



10 3 



Sycamore 



8 11 



9 7i 



9 11 



Oak 







8 6 



Larch 







8 4 



Holly 







5 8 



Tulip- tree 







5 8 



Hemlock Spruce Fir 





4 6 



The two largest Cedars, standing at the distance of thirty 

 feet from each other, and intermingling their branches, cover 

 an elliptical area of nearly one hundred yards in circumference. 

 They are about sixty feet high. The trunks, at no great dis- 

 tance from the ground, separate into a number of large limbs, 



