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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
seat of the Duke of Northumberland, which is 72 feet high, 
24 in circumference, and covers an area, with its huge de- 
pending branches, of 117 feet. There are many other 
Cedars in England almost equal to this in grandeur. Sir T. 
D. Lauder gives an account of one at Whitton, which blew 
down in 1779 : it then measured 70 feet in height, 16 feet in 
circumference, and covered an area of 100 feet in diameter. 
To show the rapidity of the growth of this tr.ee, he quotes 
three Cedars of Lebanon, which were planted at Hopetoun 
House, Scoltand, in the year 1748. The measurement is the 
circumference of the trunks, and shows the rapid increase 
after they have attained a large size. 
1801. 
1320. 
1825. 
1833. 
Increase in 
32 years. 
First Cedar, 
Second do. 
Third do. 
ft. in. 
10 0 
8 6 
7 10 
ft. in. 
13 l£ 
10 94 
9 9i 
ft. in. 
14 0 
11 4 
10 8 
ft. in. 
15 1 
12 3 
11 6 
ft. in. 
5 1 
3 9 
3 8 
A Chestnut measured at the same periods, only increased 2 7 
From the above table, it will be seen how congenial even 
the cold climate of Scotland is to the growth of this tree. 
Indeed in its native soils, the tops of the surrounding hills 
are almost perpetually covered with snow, and it is there- 
fore, one of the very hardiest of the evergreens of the old 
world. There is no reason why it should not succeed ad- 
mirably in many parts of the United States ; and when we 
consider its great size, fine dark green foliage, and wide 
spreading limbs which 
“ —Overarching, frame, 
Most solemn domes within.” 
Shelley. 
as well as the many interesting associations connected with 
