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Title: Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Kent, Adolphus Henry Veitch, James Herbert, 1868-1907 James Veitch & Sons
Subjects: Conifers Conifers
Publisher: Chelsea : J. Veitch
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library

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s from the Syrian port of Beyroot (Beirut) and not farfrom the high road to Baal1)ek (Heliopolis). That this valley shouldhave been for so long a time tlie only locality on the ancientLebanon the Cedars were known to inhabit, will not be surprisingwhec the circumstances of time and place are considered ; it wasthe nearest accessible spot, and there was nothing to tempt, but muchto deter travellers from diverging from the common route. Sincethe era of the Eeformation the Cedars of the Kedisha valley havebeen visited from time to time by travellers from western Eiuo))e,many of whom have left some account of the trees tliey found * Known only from a single tree in Fiance okserved many years ago by tli3 lateM. Carriere. A similar instance of Cedrus atlnntica gi-owing near Chichester was recentlylifought under the notice of tin author by Captain Xornian. R.X.. of Bfrwick-on-Tweed.These deciduous forms, although abnormal states, show unmistakably the dose atlinity ofthe Cedars and Laiclies.
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One of the largest of the Cedars on )\Iount Lebanon. 418 CEDEUS LIBANI. standing at the time of their visit. These accounts agree as totheir majestic proportion and venerable aspect ; they also show thatthe number of trees in the grove has been gradually diminishingsince they were observed by the first visitors in the fifteenth century,till those remaining can be easily counted and their position mappeddown ; and moreover, that no young trees or seedlings of a secondyears growth are to be found, hence leading to the conclusion thatthe Cedars in the grove will continue to diminish till the groveitself becomes extinct. However interesting, the reports of travellersto Mount Lebanon may have been in their day, it was long feltthat a scientific investigation alone could satisfy the very naturalflesire to know the actual state of tlie trees forming the grove.This investigation was undertaken by Sir J. D. Hooker in the autumnof 1860, and the results were published in the Natural History Eevi

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