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THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



reflexed ; bracts, somewhat protruding beyond the scales. 



Seeds, quite small, ir- 

 regularly ovate, with a 

 broad wing. Cotyledons, 

 5 to 7. 



Our remarks on the 

 genus apply so well to 

 this particular species, 

 which indeed appears to 

 be the type of it, that 

 but little more is now 

 requisite in regard to it. 

 It is far preferable for 

 ornamental planting to 

 the American Larch, be- 

 ing more dense and com- 

 pact in growth, more 

 pleasing in the color of 

 its foliage, and less ob' 

 jectionable on account 

 of the multiplicity of 

 persistent cones, that so 

 disfigure the appearance 

 of the latter. 



The European Larch 

 is found very abundantly 

 throughout the central 



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portions of Europe, and 

 especially on many por- 

 tions of the Alps, at very 

 high elevations, where it 

 is frequently met with as 

 a low straggling shrub ; 

 Fig. 30. LAKIX ETTROPEA. but in proper situations, 



forming quite large trees from 80 to 100 feet in height, 

 and disappearing altogether in a warmer climate. 



