 It has been widely planted around Vihara monasteries and Buddhist temples there for centuries.A notable specimen of "Cupressus cashmeriana" is situated in front of the palace on Isola Madre, the largest of the Borromean Islands in Lake Maggiore.The seeds for the tree were sent back from the Himalayan region by a correspondent of the Borromeo family, William B. Pentland, in June 1862.