. 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. LXXVU. CONl'FERiE : ARAUCA^RIA. 1061. 1976. C. DeodAra. different from that of tlie cedai' of Leba- non. The grain is remarkably fine and close, and is capable of receiving a very high polish. It is par- ticularly valued for its dm-ability; and is much used in the construction of Hi- mal
. 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. LXXVU. CONl'FERiE : ARAUCA^RIA. 1061. 1976. C. DeodAra. different from that of tlie cedai' of Leba- non. The grain is remarkably fine and close, and is capable of receiving a very high polish. It is par- ticularly valued for its dm-ability; and is much used in the construction of Hi- malayan buildings, both public and pri- vate, and for bridges and boats. Strips of it are also employed for candles In Eng- land, the specimens of the tree are at present small; but the feathery light- ness of its spreading branches, and the beautiful glaucous hue of its leaves, render it, even when young, one of the most ornamental of the coniferous trees ; and all the travellers who have seen it full grown agree that it unites an extraordinary degree of majesty and grandeur with its beauty. The tree thrives in every part of Great Britain where it has been tried, even as far north as Aberdeen; where, as in many other places, it is found hardier than the cedar of Lebanon. It is readily propagated by seeds, which pressrve their vitality when imported overland in the cones, but scarcely otherwise. It also grows freely by cuttings, and by graft- ing on the common cedar, and the plants appear as handsome and free-growing as those raised from seed. It has been inarched on the larch ; but, the latter tree being deciduous, it may be doubtful whether plants so propagated will attain a large size, and be of great dura- tion. It has been gi-afted, in the wedge manner, on the common cedar, in considerable num- bers, by Mr. Barron, gardener to the Earl of Harrington, at Elvaston Castle. Mr. Barron has given a detailed account of his process, and of the success which attended it, in Gard. Mag.
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