Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, ed · New York, Leavitt & Allen · leaf 414
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… … 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…
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