. Rural essays . y Queen Elizabeth. The Duke of Richmond of theyear 1761, planted 1000 young Cedars of Lebanon; and nearly allthe larger estates in England boast their noble specimens of this treelit the present day. The tallest specimen in England, is that atStrathjieldsaye, the seat of the Duke of Wellington, which is 108feet high. Woburn Abbey boasts also many superb specimensvarying from 60 to 90 feet high, nine of which measure from 4 to 6feet each in the diameter of their trunks. But the largest, and, ac-cording to Loudon, unquestionably the handsomest cedar in Enjx-land, is the magnific
. Rural essays . y Queen Elizabeth. The Duke of Richmond of theyear 1761, planted 1000 young Cedars of Lebanon; and nearly allthe larger estates in England boast their noble specimens of this treelit the present day. The tallest specimen in England, is that atStrathjieldsaye, the seat of the Duke of Wellington, which is 108feet high. Woburn Abbey boasts also many superb specimensvarying from 60 to 90 feet high, nine of which measure from 4 to 6feet each in the diameter of their trunks. But the largest, and, ac-cording to Loudon, unquestionably the handsomest cedar in Enjx-land, is the magnificent specimen at Si/0)i House, the seat of theDuke of Northumberland. This tree is 72 feet high, the diameterof its head 117 feet, and of the trunk 8 feet. We give a miniatureenafravino- of this tree (Fig. 1) from theArboretum Britarmi-cum, and also of thetree at Foxley, plant-ed by Sir UvedalePrice, which is 50feet high, with atrunk measuring 4feet in diameter. The finest speci-men of this ever- ^<.^5i?3 -^.,,. Fio. 1. The Syon Cedar. gi-een in the United States, is that upon the grounds of ThomasAsh, Esq., at Throgs Reck, Westchester county, N. Y. We madea hasty sketch of this tree in 1845, of which the annexed engravingis a miniature. (Fig. 2.) It is about 50 feet high, and has, welearn, been planted over 40 years. It is a striking and beautifultree, but has as yet by no means attained the grandeur and dignitywhich a few more years will give it. Still, it is a very fine tree, and21 322 TREES.
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