46 Notes on some of the 



Section — Larches. Leaves in bundles. 

 Pinuspendula — Lb. Black Larch. Tamarack. Epinette 



Rouge. 

 " Leaves deciduous. Cones oblong ; margin of tlie scales bent in ; bracts 



fiddle-sbaped." 



A tall taper tree, growing about Quebec, and throughout 

 Canada. The timber is straight grained and strong, fitting 

 it for the spars of ships, but inferior to white and black 

 spruce for this purpose, on account of its greater weight. 

 It is also used in ship-building, principally for knees to 

 fasten the beams ; the but of the stem and one of the 

 principal I'oots, forming together the angle required, are 

 taken for that purpose — these knees are strong and very 

 durable. The wood burns briskly and furnishes a great 

 and sudden heat ; for which qualities it is in request as 

 fuel for the steam engines on the St. Lawrence. 



Pinus microcarpa — Lb. Red Larch or Tamarack. 



Ejiinette rouge. 

 " Leaves deciduous. Cones roundish, few-flowered ; scales reflected ; 



bracts cliptical." 



This larch so closely resembles the preceding in habit 

 and qualities, as scarcely to be distinguished from it j 

 except botanically. Michaux makes but one species of 

 them, under the name of Larix Americana. 



JUNIPERUS.—L. 



Juniperus virglniana — Wm. Red Cedar. Cedre rouge. 



" Leaves in tlirees, adnate at their bases ; in the young state they are 

 imbricate ; older, they become spreading." 



A small evergreen tree, growing abundantly on the 

 shores and islands of Lake Ontario ; but very sparingly in 

 Lower Canada ; the only localities of its growth in this 

 province, that I know of, arc at the falls of the Chats and 



