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rivers are such trees floated down, nor do there exist anywhere else suchfacilities for the construction of vessels.” ( Travels, &c., vol. i. p. 50.) Thecedars which Victor Jacquemont found on the Himalayas and on the mountainsof Cashmere, at 5360 ft. above the level of the sea (see Corresp., &c., vol. i.p. 291., and vol. ii. p. 74.), were, doubtless, this species, and not cedars ofLebanon.

Properties and Uses. The wood of the Cedrus Deodara possesses, as wehave before observed (p. 2429.), all the qualities attributed by the ancients tothat of C. Libani. It is very compact and resinous, and has a fine, fragrant,refreshing smell, like that felt when walking in pine groves towards evening, orin moist weather ; and very different from that of the cedar of Lebanon. Itswood has a remarkably fine close grain, capable of receiving a very high polish ;so much so, indeed, that a table formed of the section of a trunk nearly 4 ft.in diameter, sent by Dr. Wallich to Mr. Lambert, has been compared to aslab of brown agate. Dr. Royle informs us that the wood is particularlyvalued for its durability, and is much used in the construction of Himalayanhouses. In Cashmere, according to Mr. Moorcroft (Lamb. Pin., ii. p. 94.),it is used for buildings, both public and private, and for bridges and boats.Strips of it are also employed for candles. Dr. Lindley states that“ Mr. Moor-croft procured specimens from the starlings of the Zein ool Kuddul bridge inLadakh, where it had been exposed to the water for nearly 400 years.” (Penn.Cyc.) The following extract is from a letter from the Honourable W. LeslieMelville to the secretary of the Highland Society of Scotland, dated Calcutta,January, 1836, and printed in Lawson’s Manual: —“ The timber is employedfor roofing, and other purposes; and, if sheltered from the weather, is verydurable. It is found perfectly sound in the roofs of temples which cannothave stood less than 200 years. For out of door purposes, I understand itrequires paint, which, however, perfectly protects it.”

The turpentine from this tree, Dr. Royle informs us, is very fluid, and,though coarse, is much valued in Upper India for medical purposes; theleaves and twigs are also used by the natives in medicine; and tar and pitchare procured from the trunk.

In England, the specimens of it are at present small; but the featherylightness of its spreading branches, and the beautiful glaucous hue of itsleaves, render it, even when young, one of the most ornamental of the coni-ferous trees ; and all the travellers who have seen it full grown agree that itunites an extraordinary degree of majesty and grandeur with its beauty. Thetree thrives in every part of Great Britain where it has been tried, even as farnorth as Aberdeen ; where, as in many other places, it is found hardier thanthe cedar of Lebanon. It is readily propagated by seeds, which preserve theirvitality when imported in the cones, but scarcely otherwise. It also growsfreely by cuttings, which appear to make as handsome free-growing plants asthose raised from seed. It has been inarched on the larch ; but the latter treebeing deciduous, it may be doubtful whether plants so propagated will attaina large size, and be of great duration. It has been grafted in the wedgemanner on the common cedar, in considerable numbers, by Mr. Barrow, gar-dener to the Earl of Harrington, at Elvaston Castle. Mr. Barrow has givena detailed account of his process, and of the success which attended it inGard. Mag., vol. xiv. p. 80. The nursery culture, and the soil and situa-tion in which it is to be finally planted, may be considered in all respects thesame as those of the common cedar.

Statistics. In the neighbourhood of London, in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, 7 yearsplanted, it is 8 ft. high ; at Kew, it is 3 ft. high ; at the Duke of Devonshire’s villa, at Chiswick, itis 3 ft. high j at Hendon Rectory, it is 3 ft. 6 in. high. In Bedfordshire, at Flitwick, it is 2 ft. iugh.In Berkshire, at Dropmore, it is upwards of 6 ft. high : it was sown in March, 1831, and planted outin the autumn of the same year. In Derbyshire, at Chatsworth, it is 3 ft. 8 in. high. In Devon-shire, at Bicton, it is 4 ft. high. In Kent, at Redleaf, it is 6 ft. high. In Wiltshire, at Boyton, it is3ft. high.—In Scotland, in the Experimental Garden, it is 4 ft. 6in. high. In Aberdeenshire, in

Roy’s Nursery, it is 1 ft. 6 in.high. In Fifeshire, at LahiLl, it is 3ft, high_In Ireland, there are plants

in the Trinity College Botanic Garden, in the Glasnevin Garden, and at Tiltour, near Mount Ken-nedy. In Paris, there are plants in the nursery of M. Daniell, on the Boulevard Mont Parnasse.In Germany, it is in the Berlin Botanic Garden, and in the Flotbeck Nurseries.