CHAPTER XXXII. 
CEDARS. 
THE CEDAR TREE ( Abies Cedrus), THE CEDAR OF 
LEBANON, 
Is found upon Mount Lebanon, the Taurus, and also 
upon many of the mountains in Asia Minor. 
It is a very stately and majestic evergreen tree, with 
heavy wide-spreading branches thrown out horizontally 
from low down the stem, bearing clustered leaves and erect 
obtuse oblong cones. Very extraordinary accounts have 
been given of the longevity of these trees, but these, I 
think, should be received with some little reserve. 
It is stated in a small work on useful and ornamental 
planting, that at Highclere Park, in Hampshire, the Earl 
of Caernarvon planted seeds in 1739, from a cone gathered 
upon Mount Lebanon. Only two germinated, which, after 
being planted out, remained rather stunted, and without 
showing any signs of vigour. In 1767 they were trans¬ 
planted into a poor soil, in a bleak situation, being at that 
time 17 inches in girth at one foot from the ground, and 
from that date their growth was considered to be satis¬ 
factory. 
No. 1 in 48 years measured 35 inches in girth at 3 feet from the ground. 
>. 73 
„ 82 
3 . 
„ 93 
„ in 
3 
No. 2 in 48 
,, 22 ,, 
3 
„ 73 
„ 72 
3 
„ 93 
„ 102 
3 
These two 
Cedar trees, therefore, when 93 years old, 
