. Rural essays. Gardening; Architecture, Domestic; Landscape architecture; Trees. EABB EVKKGREEN TREES. 321 Cedars of Lebanian in tjie, world, at the present moment, howeTrer,, are in Great Britiaini A people so fond of park scenery as the Eng- lish, could not but be early impressed with the magnificence of this oriental cedar. It was,accordingly introduced into England as early as 1683, two oldert trees on record there are said to hUve been planted by. Queen Elizabeth. The Duke of Richmond of the year 1761, planted 1000 young Cedars of Lebanon; and nearly all the larger estates in Eng
. Rural essays. Gardening; Architecture, Domestic; Landscape architecture; Trees. EABB EVKKGREEN TREES. 321 Cedars of Lebanian in tjie, world, at the present moment, howeTrer,, are in Great Britiaini A people so fond of park scenery as the Eng- lish, could not but be early impressed with the magnificence of this oriental cedar. It was,accordingly introduced into England as early as 1683, two oldert trees on record there are said to hUve been planted by. Queen Elizabeth. The Duke of Richmond of the year 1761, planted 1000 young Cedars of Lebanon; and nearly all the larger estates in England boast their noble specimens of this tree at the present day. The tallest specimen in England^ ia that at Strathfieldsaye, the seatof the Duke of Wellington, which is 108 feet high. Wobum Abbey i boasts also many superb specimens varying from 60 to 90 feet high, vine of which; measure from 4 to 6 feet each in the diameter of their trunks. But the largest, and, ac- cording to Loudon, unquestionably the handsomest cedar in Eng- land, is thes magnificent specimen at Syon House, the seat of the Duke of Northumberland. .This tree is 72 feet high, the diameter of its head 117 feet, and of the trunk 8 feet. We give a miniature engraving of this tree (Fig. 1) from the Arboretum Brilannir cum, and also of the tree at ^oaifoy, plant- ed by Sir Uvedale Price, which is 50 feet high,', with a trunk measuring 4 fept in diameter. The finest speci- . â , . Fia. 1. The Syon Cedar. men of this fever- . green in the United States, is that upon the grounds of Thomas Ash, Esqi, at ThrogM iVecAf, Westchester opunty,vN. Y. We made a hasty sketch of this tree-in 1845, of which'the annexed engraving is a miniature. (Fig. 2.) It is about 50 feet high^ and has, we ,learn, been' planted over 40 years. It is a striking and beautiful tree, but has as yet by no means,attained the grandeur and dignity which-a few more years â will give it. "Still, it is a very fine tre^, and ,- ,21 ⢠". Ple
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