4 THE LARCH. 



fully hardy, and well adapted to the climate and soil 

 of Great Britain. 



" The common white larch fir {Larix europcecC) be- 

 longs to the class Monoecia of the Linnaean system, and 

 is the only deciduous cone-bearing tree known. It is a 

 native of the Dalmatian Alps of France and Switzer- 

 land, as well as of the Apennines in Italy; while 

 another but different species is found in Eussia. It 

 is also indigenous on aU the rocky and high moun- 

 tains in Germany and Hungary, and the Carpathian 

 Mountains." 



