CEDAR TREE. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Pinus Cedrus. P. foliis fasciculatis rigidis perennantibus acutis, 
conis subglobosis, squamis truncatis ap- 
pressis. Linn. Spec. Plant. Willd. 4. p.501. 
no. 21. 
Leaves in bundles ; rigid, sharp-pointed, and 
permanent ; cone of a subglobose shape, with 
truncated scales adhering close together. 
Foliis fasciculatis perennantibus, strobilis ovatis 
obtusis erectis, squamis appressis rotundatis. 
Lambert Monog. 
Larix Cedrus, Mill. Diet. 
Cedrus Libani. Barr. Icon.4gg. Edw. Ornith. 
pi. 188. 
CedarTree, , Evel. Sylv. 1J8Q. 2. p. 1. pi. 1. 
This tree, of which so much use is made in the 
manufactory of different articles, seems calculated 
by nature to bear almost any degree of heat or cold, 
and to thrive in almost any soil or situation. Mount 
Libanus, which was once supposed to be its only 
native place, has but very few trees remaining upon 
it ; but the deficiency is made up in other parts, 
and we now find the cedar both in Europe and 
America, as well as in Asia. 
It is singular that a plant of such a majestic ap- 
