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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. 

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LAURUS, Linnceus.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. 



