54 CONIFERS. 



often reaches a height of one hundred feet. As a 

 timber tree, it is inferior to the European species, nor 

 is it superior in an ornamental point of view. 



A. M. var. pendula. Gardens. 

 (Weeping Small-coned American Larch.) 

 More attractive than the Weeping variety of the 

 European species. 



ABIES PENDULA. 



(Weeping American Larch.) 



STN. Larix pendula. Salisbury. 

 Pinus pendula. Solander. 



A weeping tree, indigenous to North America. It 

 has but few branches, and those long and pendulous. 

 Foliage of a deeper colour than that of the common 

 European species, and its leaves are longer. A very 

 distinct kind. 



ARATTCABIA. Jussieu. 



ARAUCARIA BRAZILIENSIS. A. Richard. 

 (Brazil Araucaria.) 



STN. Columbea angustifolia. Bertoleni. 

 Araucaria Ridolfiana. Savi. 



Resembles much, both in general appearance and in 

 size, A. imbricata, but is more loose and spreading in 

 habit. It is generally considered too tender for out- 

 door cultivation in this country, but it has proved 

 quite hardy in many localities, especially in the south 



