The Deodara, or Indian Cedar (Cedrus Deodara), is a magnificent species of this tree, recently introduced from the high mountains of Nepal and Indo-Tartary. It stands the climate of Scotland, and appears likely to succeed here wherever the Cedar of Lebanon will flourish. In its native country it is described as being a lofty and majestic tree, frequently attaining the height of 150 feet, with a trunk 30 feet in circumference. The leaves are larger than those of the Cedar of Lebanon, of a deeper bluish green, covered with a silvery bloom; the cones, borne in pairs, are of a reddish brown color, and are both longer and broader than those of the latter species. In some parts of Upper India it is considered a sacred tree (Deodara-tree of God), and is only used to burn as incense in days of high ceremony; but in others it is held in the highest esteem as a timber tree, having all the good qualities of the Cedar of Lebanon -its great durability being attested by its sound state in the roofs of temples of that country, which cannot have been built less than 200 years.
