. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. es 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 fiveinches long, and from two to two and a half broad, theirscales close-pressed; seeds irregularly triangular in form,with a broad membranaceous wing. When young, the Cedar,like others of the pine andfir tribe, presents a pyra-midal or spiry form, theleading shoot continuing ra-pidly to elongate, a
. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. es 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 fiveinches long, and from two to two and a half broad, theirscales close-pressed; seeds irregularly triangular in form,with a broad membranaceous wing. When young, the Cedar,like others of the pine andfir tribe, presents a pyra-midal or spiry form, theleading shoot continuing ra-pidly to elongate, and thelateral branches springingannually in regular whorlsaround its base. At anearly age also, the leadingshoot generally exhibits aninclination to one side; butthis disappears as it gainsstrength and age, and inthe full-grown tree the boleis usually seen straight anderect. As it approaches maturity, and reaches its greatest height, which variesfrom fifty to eighty feet, the leading shoot becomes greatlydiminished or entirely ceases to elongate ; at the same. 522 CONIFERS. time the lateral branches increase in size and length, soas at last to cover a space whose diameter is often muchgreater than the height of the tree itself. In this statethe Cedar presents the form of a wide-spreading tree witha flattened pyramidal head, the branches and foliage beingdisposed in regular tiers or stages, an effect resulting fromtheir horizontal disposition, and from the flat fan-like growthof the branchlets, thickly beset with their tufted , we may remark, refers to the usual growth of theCedar when planted singly or with sufficient room in alldirections, for the free expansion of its limbs; for whenplanted in company with, or drawn up among other trees,it loses, like most of the firs, the lower branches, andproduces a clean straight trunk, and in this state, exceptfor its permanent foliage, might easily be mistaken for thelarch. The leaves, which remain two years upon the branches
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