EVERGREEN ORNAMENTAL TREES. 263 
the chestnut trees like his branches, nor any tree in the 
garden of God like unto him in beauty.”* 
In England the Cedar of Lebanon appears to have 
become quite naturalized. There it is considered by far 
the most ornamental of all the Pine tribe, — possessing, 
when full grown, an air of dignity and grandeur beyond 
any other tree. To attain the fullest beauty of develop- 
ment, it should always stand alone, so that its far-spreading 
horizontal branches can have full room to stretch out and 
expand themselves on every side. Loudon, in his 
Arboretum, gives a representation of a superb specimen 
now growing at Sion House, the seat of the Duke of 
Northumberland, which is 72 feet high, 24 in circum- 
ference, and covers an area, with its huge depending 
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 tree, 
he quotes three Cedars of Lebanon, which were planted at 
Hopetoun House, Scotland, in the year 1748. The mea- 
surement is the circumference of the trunks, and shows 
the rapid increase after they have attained a large size. 
1801. 
1820. 
1825. 
1833. 
Increase in 
32 years. 
ft. in. 
ft. in. 
ft. in. 
ft. 
in. 
ft. 
in. 
First Cedar, 
10 0 
13 11 
14 0 
15 
1 
5 
1 
Second do. 
8 6 
10 9i 
11 4 
12 
3 
3 
9 
Third do. 
7 10 
9 9£ 
10 8 
11 
6 
3 
8 
A Chestnut measured at the same periods, only increased 
2 
7 
Ezekiel xxxi. 
