Description of Foreign Trees 



76. Giant Arborvitse. (Thuja gigantea.) 



LEAF: as in common arborvitse ("Native Trees," 166), but 

 all pointed and flat ; tree 9O-I5O. 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 variety 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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