Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, ed · New York, Leavitt & Allen · leaf 415
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… … no one can look upon it without being inspired ■with a desire to plant Cedars of Lebanon. The most remarkable peculiarity in the Cedar of Lebanon is the horizontal disposition of its wide spreading branches. This is not apparent in very young trees, bu<soon becomes so as they begin to de-velope…
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