. Rural essays. Gardening; Architecture, Domestic; Landscape architecture; Trees. 322 no one can look upon it without being inspired vn&. a desire to plant Cedars of Lebanon. / The most remarkable peculiarity in the Cedar of Lebanon is the horiemtal di^iositioa of its wide spreading branches. This is not ' apparent in very young trees, but soon becomes so as they begin to de- • velope large Though in'alti- tude this tree is exceeded by some of the pines lately disboyered in Oregon, which reach truly gigantic; height?, yet in breadth and massiveness it far exceeds all other
. Rural essays. Gardening; Architecture, Domestic; Landscape architecture; Trees. 322 no one can look upon it without being inspired vn&. a desire to plant Cedars of Lebanon. / The most remarkable peculiarity in the Cedar of Lebanon is the horiemtal di^iositioa of its wide spreading branches. This is not ' apparent in very young trees, but soon becomes so as they begin to de- • velope large Though in'alti- tude this tree is exceeded by some of the pines lately disboyered in Oregon, which reach truly gigantic; height?, yet in breadth and massiveness it far exceeds all other evergreen trees, and when old and finely developed on every side, is not equalled in an or- namental point of view, by any syl- van tree of temperate regions., Its character being essentially grand and magnificent, it tlssrefore Fig. 2. Cedar of Lebanon, at Mr. Ash's, should only be planted whfire there nearNiw-Tork. is sufficient room for its develop- ment on every side. Crowded among oth^r trees, all its fine breadth and massiveness is lost, and it is drawji up with a narrow head'like any other of the pine family. But planted in the midst of a broad lawn, it will eventually form a subliiH©' object, far more impressive and magnificent than most of the country houses which belong to the private life of a republic. The Cedar of Lebanon grows in almost every soil, from the poorest gravel to the richestjloam. It has been remarked in Kig-' land that its growth is most rapid in localities where, though plant- ed in a good dry soil, its roots can reach water—such as situa^i6iis near the margins of ponds or springs. In general, its average growth in this country in favorable soils is about a foot in a year; and when the soil is very deeply trenched before planting, or when its roots are not stinted in the supply of moisture during the summer, it fre- quently advances with double that rapidity. Although hardy here, we .understand in Few England it requires slight protection in wi
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