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PSEUDOLARIX 



falling. Male flowers yellow, produced in a dense cluster about i in. 

 across at the end of the short, spur-like branchlets. Cones about 2 ins. 

 long, nearly as wide; the scales thick, woody, triangular, blunt, often 

 notched at 'the tip, f to -J in. long, ultimately spreading and falling away 

 with the seeds. 



Native of China, where it was discovered 'in the Ckekiang province 

 and introduced by Fortune in 1853. This beautiful tree, the only one 

 of its genus, whilst it bears a marked resemblance^ to the larches in 

 foliage and branching, is remarkably distinct in its clustered male 



CONKS AND LEAFY SPRAY OF PSEUDOLARIX FORTUNEI. 



catkins (solitary in Larix), and in the large woody scales of the cone, 

 which falls to pieces when ripe (remaining intact in Larix). Slow growing, 

 but perfectly hardy, it is one of the most beautiful as well as one of the 

 most interesting of trees. It has not, so far as I know, produced fertile 

 seed in this country, and is not so much grown as it deserves to be. 

 The finest tree I have seen is in Messrs Rovelli's nursery at Pallanza, 

 on Lake Maggiore. This is nearly 70 ft. high, and very fertile; when 



1 saw it in 1912 there were beneath its boughs hundreds of young trees 

 that had sprouted from its fallen seeds, varying from a few inches to 



2 or 3 ft. high. 



