Description of Foreign Trees 



76. Giant Arborvitae. (Thuja gigantea.) 



Leaf: as in common arborvitae ("Native Trees," 166), but 

 <z// pointed and flat ; tree 90°-i50°. Northwestern America. 



77. European Larch. (Larix europsea, with var. pendulata.) 



Leaf : about i', in dense whorled clusters, also singly along 

 branch, soft, needle-like, deciduous ; cone about i' long, much 

 larger than in American species ; the vdiXxety pendulata has long 

 drooping branchlets. (" Native Trees," PI. XV.) 



78. False Larch. (Pseudo-Larix Ksempheri.) 



Leaf : as in preceding, but longer and broader, not so many 

 in a cluster, with blue-white lines beneath, golden-yellow in fall ; 

 cone 2'-3', oblong-ovate, hanging. China. 



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