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corded, that in the temple of Apollo at Utica, there 

 was found timber of Cedar nearly two thousand 

 years old. 



It entered largely into the construction of the 

 most celebrated buildings of antiquity ; and in the 

 glorious temple of Solomon it seems to have been 

 recorded of it, as one of its proudest boasts, that 

 "all was cedar; there was no stone seen." 



THE ENFIELD CEDAR 



stands in the garden of the Manor House, or old 

 Palace in Enfield, the occasional retirement of 

 Queen Elizabeth before she came to the throne, and 

 the frequent scene of her royal pleasures afterwards, 

 in the early part of her reign. In the year 1660 it 

 became the residence of the learned Doctor Uvedale, 

 Master of the Grammar School of Enfield at that 

 time, and famous for his curious gardens and choice 

 collection of exotics. The Cedar, which is now per- 

 haps the largest in the kingdom, was put into the 

 ground by him, a plant brought direct from Mount 

 Libanus. In 1779 it measured fourteen feet six inches 

 at the base, and forty-five feet nine inches in height, 

 eight feet of the upper part having been broken off 

 by a high wind in 1703. The principal branches 

 extended in length from the stem, from twenty-eight 

 to forty-five feet, and the contents of the tree, ex- 



