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dimensions and rich color give it especial advantages for 
certain purposes in cabinet work and interior finish. 
Hemlock (Fig. 263) is soft and stiff though brittle, com- 
monly cross-grained, coarse, and splintery. It is of value 
chiefly for rough carpentry, and railway-ties. 
Fie. 259.—European Larch (Larix decidua, Pine F amily, Pinacee). 1, twig 
: with long and short branches, and with a cone continuing as a branch 
at a. 2, twig with staminate and pistillate flowers. 3, staminate 
flower, ?. 4-6, stamens. 7, 8, 9, seales from young cone. 10, ripe 
cone. 11-13, seed-bearing scales. 14, seeds, with and without wing. 
15, short branch or ‘‘spur,’’ cut vertically. 16, leaf, entire, and cut 
across. (Willkomm.)—Tree growing 30 m. tall; bark dark grayish- 
brown; leaves bright green; staminate flowers yellow; pistillate flowers 
purplish; fruit brownish. Native home, Europe. 
