. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. .-*». f-iiiii-isysa ;llia\S, r> Genus Osdrus. Barrelier. Linn. Syst. MonaciaMonadelphia. Cedrus Libani. Barr. CEDAR OF LEBANON. Cedrus Libani, Barr. Icor. 499. Lawsons Man. p. 380. Loudons Arb. Brit. ch. cxiii. p. cedrus, Linn. sp. pi. 1420. Hunt. Evel. Sylv. p. 311. Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. p. 369. Independently of the natural grandeur and beauty ofthe Lebanon Cedar, the associations connected with it as CEDAR OF LEBANON. 521 a tree so frequently and honourably mentioned in HolyWrit give it an interest surpassin
. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. .-*». f-iiiii-isysa ;llia\S, r> Genus Osdrus. Barrelier. Linn. Syst. MonaciaMonadelphia. Cedrus Libani. Barr. CEDAR OF LEBANON. Cedrus Libani, Barr. Icor. 499. Lawsons Man. p. 380. Loudons Arb. Brit. ch. cxiii. p. cedrus, Linn. sp. pi. 1420. Hunt. Evel. Sylv. p. 311. Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. p. 369. Independently of the natural grandeur and beauty ofthe Lebanon Cedar, the associations connected with it as CEDAR OF LEBANON. 521 a tree so frequently and honourably mentioned in HolyWrit give it an interest surpassing that of any other conif-erous species; and though it has not hitherto been plantedin Britain as a timber-tree with a view to profit, its intro-duction upwards of one hundred and fifty years ago, andthe numerous, and in many instances noble specimens nowexisting in various parts of the kingdom, give it a fair andjust claim to notice in the present work. Specifically it is distinguished by having the leaves tufted,persistent, the cones ovate, abrupt, from three to
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