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will be better not transplanted for a couple 

 of years. 



2. L. AMERICANA, Michaux. Leaves about 

 three-quarters of an inch long. Cones small, 

 ovate roundish, with few scales. American 

 larch; hackmatack. 



Though closely allied botanically with No. 

 1, it is very different in general appearance. 

 The foliage has a bluish tinge, the branches 

 less drooping, and more divaricating. 



In a level piece of ground, standing singly, 

 I think it more beautiful than the other. It 

 thrives best in a deep cool loam, and in a 

 rather moist situation, and may be propagated 

 as No. 1. 



The best Bartram specimen is quite young, 

 but is about forty feet high and two feet nine 

 inches in circumference. 



LAURUS, Linnaeus. Nat. Orel. Lauracese. 

 Enneandria, Monogynia, Linn. Calyx want 

 ing. Corolla 6-parted. Stamens arranged 

 in a double series, the outer ones with dis 

 tinct simple filaments, the three inner ones 

 connate at the base, bearing glands. Fruit 

 a one-seeded drupe. 



