EVERGREEN TREES. 
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liable to become open, ragged, and unsightly. In some sections 
we have seen roadsides planted with the red cedar, but their 
appearance is not that of beauty or grandeur, and its use for 
such purpose can not be commended. 
With the English juniper — communis — there is a classical 
association which we have occasionally heard strained to that 
of the red cedar, as the tree mentioned in Holy Writ under 
which the prophet Elijah took refuge in the wilderness of Beer- 
sheba to avoid the persecutions of King Ahab. 
Lebanon Cedar. Cedrus Libani . — The cedar of Lebanon, 
Indian or Deodar cedar, African or silver cedar, Japan cedar, 
and some others, are all beautiful trees ; but in the Northern 
and Middle States they are not perfectly hardy, and therefore 
can not be recommended for general planting. Where, however, 
they endure the climate, their beauty of foliage, the stateliness 
and wide-spreading habits of the Lebanon and silver cedars, 
the pendulous graceful habit of the Indian and Japan cedars, 
should not be forgotten by the planter, but their free use made 
a point to the exclusion of many sorts more common and of less 
historical association. 
As lawn trees, the light, airy, graceful characters of the Japan 
and Deodar cedars render them specially beautiful, and as we 
have said, wherever the climate is such that they can be grown 
safely, their planting should not be omitted. 
