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Show Ced ars of Lebanon Planted Plant-ed in Brooklyn TWO yuun1; edars of Lebanon wore recently set out near the Atlantic cedars on the hill to the west of the Laboratory Building In 8 Brooklyn Eotanic Garden These little trees were grown 'rom seed of trees in Flushing. L. I . coming originally from the old Prince homestead. home-stead. The cedar of Lebanon is a native of Asia Minor and Northern Africa In the mountainous region known as Lebanon, in Northern Syria, grow to ihlr' day a few noble specimens of these trees, which, by their height and striking, far-flung branches, attracted tho eye and fancy of tho Biblical Bib-lical Israelites. It was their wood that Solomon used in building the Temple Local tradition has it that the cedars of Lebanon are immortal, baring bar-ing been planted by God when He made the world, and that they will be there still on the Day of Judgment. |