JOUENAL 



OF THE 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



Vol. XVII. 1894. 

 Pakt I. 



THE "CEDAR OF GOA." 

 By Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., F.R.H.S., &c. 



[Bead at the Scientific Committee, March 13, 180-1.] 



Much and varied interest attaches to the plant commonly known 

 as the Cedar of Goa. F rom a decorative point of view it is very 

 elegant and distinct, and is largely planted in Spain, Portugal, 

 and Southern Europe generally, as also in most of the warm- 

 temperate or sub-tropical countries of the world. It is rather 

 tender in most parts of the British Isles, but in the South and 

 West, and especially in Ireland, it may be considered hardy. 

 Specimens bearing cones were exhibited at the Conifer Con- 

 ference from gardens in Cork and Wicklow.* 



From the time when it was first made known till recently it 

 has suffered from a multiplicity of names. This has arisen from 

 imperfect information concerning it. Generically it has been 

 included under Cedrus, Juniperus, Sabina, and Cupressus, but, 

 by common consent, it now rests in the last-named genus. As 

 to its specific name, there is still room for difference of opinion, 



* In the Conifer Congress Eeport, pp. 507 and 569, mention is made of 

 a specimen at Rossdhu, the property of Sir James Colquhoun, in Dumbar- 

 tonshire, which had attained a height of 39 feet, with a girth, at 5 feet 

 from the ground, of 2 feet 9 inches. Feeling doubtful as to the correctness 

 of the name, I applied to Sir James for a specimen, which he was good 

 enough to send me, and the inspection of which leaves no doubt whatever 

 that this so-called Cedar of Goa is Cupressus Lawsoniana. 



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