SILVA,

DENDROLOGIA

BOOK THE SECOND.

CHAPTER I.

The CEDAR, JUNIPER, CYPRESS, SAVINE,TAMARISK, and THUYA .

But now after all the beautiful and stately trees, clad in perpetual CHAP>verdure, let me not forget the CEDAR *, which grows in all extremes;in the moist Barbadoes , the hot Bermudas, (I speak of those trees sodenominated) and in the cold New-England; even where the snow lies,

a The cesar of Lebanon is now clafsed with the Pines; and the other Cedarsdescribed by Mr. Evelyn, are clafsed with the Junipers . But as I did not choose todisturb the order of the chapters, I have reserved the description of the Cedar for thisplace. Linnxus calls it Plans foliisfasciculatis acutis. Sp. PI. 1420.

This tree is generally supposed to be an inhabitant of Mount Libanus only, but it is nowfound upon Mount Taurus, Amanus, &c.; and, from its hardy nature, it is probable thatit may easily be naturalized to any climate.

Having procured the cones from the Levant, or of our own growth, the seeds, a littlebefore sowing, should be got out in the following manner: Let a hole be bored witha pafser exactly up the centre of each cone, from the base to the apex; after thisoperation put them into a tub of water, where they should remain till the next day; thenhaving a wooden peg, rather bigger than the pafser, let it be thrust down the hole, and

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