. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXXVII. CONl'FERiE CE^DRUS. 1057. 1973. ^. americkna. 80 or 100 feet high, and onlj' 2 or 3 feet in diameter. Its numerous branches, except near the summit, are horizontal or dechning. The bark is smooth and shining on the trunk and larger branches, but rugged on the smaller branches. Th
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXXVII. CONl'FERiE CE^DRUS. 1057. 1973. ^. americkna. 80 or 100 feet high, and onlj' 2 or 3 feet in diameter. Its numerous branches, except near the summit, are horizontal or dechning. The bark is smooth and shining on the trunk and larger branches, but rugged on the smaller branches. The leaves are flexible, and sliorter than those of the European species. The cones are small and erect; green in spring, and generally brown when ripe, but sometimes they are found of a violet colour. The wood, Michaux says, is equal to that of the European larch, being exceedingly strong, and singularly durable. In Britain, it can only be considered as a curious or ornamental tree. Seeds are sometimes ripened in this country, and are also sometimes imported; in consequence of which, both varieties are not uncommon in the nurseries. Genus V. CE'DRUS Barrel. The Cedar. Lm. St/si. Monoe'cia Monad^lphia. Identification. Barrelier, Plante per Galliam, &c., observatje, &c., Ic, 499. Syrtonymes. Pinus Lin. in part; ./i^bies Toir. in part; i^rix Tourn. in part; C6dre, Fr. \ Ceder, Ger.; Cedro, Hal. Derivation. Some suppose the word Cedrus to be derived from Cedron, a broolt in Judea, on the banl^s of whicii the cedar of Lebanon was once plentiful: others from kaid, I burn ; from tiie wood of some of the kinds of cedar being burned as incense : and others, from the Arabic kedroum^ or kedre, power Gen. Char. The same as in iarix; but with the carpels separating from the axis, and the leaves evergreen. Cones erect, large, solitary. Anthers crowned by an elliptical scabrous crest. Carpels coriaceous, compressed, deciduous. Leaves simple, in alternate fascicles, exstipulate, evergre
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