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hood of London are at Syon, where it is between 25 ft. and 30 ft. high. AtPain’s Hill, in a moist bottom near the water-wheel, there is a tall erect tree,between 30 ft. and 40 ft. high; and, in Studley Park, the spreading tree ofwhich Jig. 2314. is a portrait to the scale of 1 in. to 12 ft., is 4b ft. high, with ahead 40ft. in diam. This remarkable tree has no main trunk, but divides intoseveral large limbs near the ground. Another tree in the same park, of whichJig. 2313. is a portrait to the scale of 1 in. to 24 ft., is, on the contrary, 50 ft.high, with the side branches small like those of a larch.

Geography and History. The Thuja occidentiilis is found in North Ame-rica, from Canada to the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. According toPursh, it is rather scarce in the southern states, and is only found there onthe steep banks of mountain torrents-. Michaux states that it is found on theHudson in abundance, and near the Rapids of the Potomac, in Virginia.Goat’s Island, round which the Niagara divides itself to form the stupendouscataract so universally admired, is bordered with trees of Thuja occidentalis.Mr. M‘Nab, in 1834 (see p. 182.), found it in abundance in these habitats,andin various other places between New York and Canada. In Canada, and inthe northern parts of the United States, it is called the white cedar ; but inthe district of Maine it is more commonly' known as the arbor vitae. InLower Canada, New Brunswick, Vermont, and the district of Maine, thearbor vitae is the most abundant of the resinous trees, after the black and thehemlock spruces. A cool soil seems to be indispensable to its growth. It isnever seen on the uplands among the beeches, the birches, &c., but is foundon the rocky edges of the innumerable rivulets and small lakes which are