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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART Ill

for the knees of vessels; and Michaux thinks that it would be much moreemployed in America than it is, if it were not comparatively rare there. InBritain, it can only be considered as a curious or ornamental tree. Seedsare sometimes ripened in this country, and are also sometimes imported; inconsequence of which, both varieties are not uncommon in the nurseries.

Statistics. JArix americana riibra. In the environs of London. At Syon, it is 67 ft. high,the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 3 in., and of the head 35 ft. This tree is figured in our last Volume.

— South of London. In Surrey, at Farnham Castle, 35 years planted, it is 20 ft. high, the diameterof the trunk 1 ft. 8 in.; at Bagshot Park, 16 years planted, it is 25 ft. high ; at Claremont, it is 70 ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 40 ft. In the Isle of Jersey, in Saunders’sNursery, 10 years planted, it is 24 ft. high.—North of London. In Bedfordshire, at Southill, it is65 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 It. 6 in., and of the head 65 ft. In Warwickshire, at CombeAbbey, 60 years planted, it is 84 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 42 ft. In Wor-cestershire, at Croome, 40 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and ofthe head 20 ft — In Scotland, in the environs of Edinburgh, at Dalhousie Castle, 15 years planted,it is 19 ft. high.—In Ireland, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 20 years old, it is 16 ft. high, AtCypress Grove, near Dublin, it is 40 ft. high. In King’s County, at Charleville Forest, 45 yearsplanted, it is 94 ft. high.

Liirix americ&na pendula. In England. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 34 years planted, it is48 ft. high. In Staffordshire, atTrentham, 2(i years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 1 ft. 4in., and of the head 25 ft. In Worcester, at Croome, 35 years planted, it is 40ft. high.

— In Scotland, in the Experimental Garden, Edinburgh, 6 years planted, it is 12 ft. high— In Ire-land. At Terenure, near Dublin, 15 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. In Louth, at Oriel Temple,55 years planted, it is 52 ft. high.

Commercial Statistics. Price of seeds, in London, 2s. 6d. per oz.; of plants,10s. per 100. At Bollwyller, plants are 2 francs each; and at New York,75 cents.

Genus V.

CE'DRUS Barrel. The Cedar. Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia Monadelphia.

Identification. Barrelier Plant» per Galliam, &c., observat», &c., Ic., 499.

Synonymes. Pinus Lin., in part; A' bies Poir ., in part; Lkrix Tourn., in part ; Ce!dre, Fr. ; Ceder,Ger.

Derivation . Some suppose the word Cedrus to be derived from Cedron, a brook in Judea, on thebanks of which the cedar of Lebanon was once plentiful: others (see M. Thlis Gloss. Bot., p. 366.),from kaio, I burn ; from the wood of some of the kinds of cedar being burned as incense: andothers, from the Arabic kedroum, or kedre, power. (See Golius Lexicon Arab., col. 1861.)

Description. Majestic evergreen trees; natives of Asia and Africa, with

large spreading branches. Extremely ornamental, and one species producing

excellent timber.

t 1. C. Liba'ni Barr. The Cedar of Lebanon.

Identification. Barrel. Ic., 499. ; Edw. Ornith., t. 188. ; Lawson’s Manual, p. 380.; Bon Jardinier,ed. 1837, p. 981.

Synonymes. Pinus CMrus Lin. Sp. PI., 1420, Syst. , ed. Reich., 4. p. 174., Smith in Rees's Cyclo.,Hunt. Evel. Syl., p. 311., Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p.369., Vitm. Sp. PL, 5. p. 345., Willd. Beil.Baumz., p. 214.; P. fMiis fasciculatis, &c., Du Rot Harbk., ed. Pott, 2. p. 120.; L&rix CfedrusMill. Diet., No. 3.; Larix orientalis Tourn. Ins., p. 586., Du Ham. Arb., 1. p.332.; Cfedrusm4gna Dod. Pempt., 867.; C. conifera Bauh. Pin., p. 490., Rati Hist., p. 1404.; C. phcenlceaRenealm. Sp., p. 47.; CMrus Bell. It., p. 162., Cam. Epit., p. 57.; v4"'bies CMrus Poir. Diet.Encyc., 6. p. 510., N. Du Ham., 5. p. 287-, Lindl. in Penn. Cyc.

Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., 1.1. 132.; Trew Ehret, t. 1. 4. 28. 60, and 61.; Nov. Act. A. N. C.,3. App., t. 13. f. 1. 7. 11, 12., and 14.; Barrel. Ic., t. 499.; Edw. Ornith., t. 188.; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2.,t. 51.; our fig. 2267. ; and the plates of this tree in our last Volume.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves tufted, perennial. Cones ovate, abrupt; their scalesclose-pressed. Crest of the anthers ovate, flat, erect. (Smith.) Conesovate, from 3 in. to 5 in. long, and from 2 in. to 2| in. broad. Seeds of anirregular triangular form; nearly in. long, with a very broad membrana-ceous wing. Cotyledons 6. A tree, a native of Syria, on Mount Lebanon ;and of the north of Africa, on Mount Atlas. Introduced before 1683.

Varieties.

1 C. L. 2 foliis argenteis has the leaves of a silvery hue both above andbelow. There are very large trees of this variety at Whitton andPain’s Hill, and a dwarf bushy one, remarkable for its silvery aspect,at the Countess of Shaftesbury’s villa (formerly the residence of