498 



STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Lom barely 

 Poplar. 



1050. dilatata, Ait. 



Common in cultivation. 



L. P. 



TAXACEiE. 

 (Yew Family.) 



American 

 Yew. 



Ground Hem 

 lock. 



TAXUS 



1051. 



baccata, L., var. Canadensis, Gray. (***) 



Moist woods in the shade of evergreens. Along the east shore of Lake 

 Michigan as far south as S. Haven.— Bailey; Grand Ledge.— Beal; Ma- 

 comb Co., where it is rarely found. Common north of the center of the 

 State(!). 



Red Cedar. 

 Savin. 



Juniper. 



Savin. 



Arbor-vitse. 

 White Cedar. 



Balsam Fir. 



CONIFERS. 

 (Pine Family.) 



Th. 



Throughout, but scarce. 



JUNIPERUS 



1052. Virginiana, L. (**) 



Bluffs and sterile soil. 



1053. communis, L. (*) 



Frequent throughout, along the highest grounds. 



1054. Sabina, L., var. procumbens, Ph. (*) N. & U. P. 



Abundant, trailing over low sand dunes at the head of Little Traverse 

 Bay (!); Old Mission,— Prof. W. J. Beal, etc. 



THUJA 



1055. occidentals, L. (***) Tb. 



Very common northward. Timber very durable, much used for fence 

 posts, etc. 



ABIES 



1056. balsamea, Marshall. (*) 



C. N. & IT. P. 



Frequent in the northern part of Clare Co. (!); abundant at Petoskey (!); 

 anil northward. 



Hemlock. 



TSUGA 



1057. 



Canadensis, Carriere. (*) 



Tb. excent S. E. 



Rarelv seen south of latitude 43° except west, and scarce on the Huron 

 shore, but common on the east shore of L. Michigan, and from the cen- 

 tal part of the State northward. Very abundant and of great size in Em- 

 met Co.(!). Bark an article of commerce, used for tanning. 



White Spruce. 

 Black Spruce. 



American 



Larch. 



Tamarack. 



PICEA 



1058. alba, Link. 1ST. & U. P. 



From Ludington,— Prof. Beal; to Petoskey (!); and northward. Common. 



1059. nigra, Link. ( 



*;£;(: 



Th. 



Frequent northward, and occasional south of lat. 43°,— a small tree in 

 sphagnous swamps. The preceding species is more common northward. 



LARIX 



1060. Americana, Miehx. (***) 



Th. 



Swamps. A slender tree southward, but sometimes reaching 100 feet in 

 height northward, where it is abundant. 



