DECIDUOUS TREES. 103 
in our large cities who should be set to work at growing 
the young trees 1pon a large scale, instead of remaining as 
they now do, crowded in unwholesome tenement-houses, 
and doing nothing that benefits themselves or the country. 
Larix Americana. (Larch, Tamarack, Hackmatack.) 
The Larch is classed by botanists among the Coniferz 
or cone-bearing trees, which are chiefly evergreen; but as 
this sheds its leaves in autumn, I have placed it here among 
the deciduous trees. The leaves are very small and thread- 
like, resembling some of the Pines. Fig. 35 shows two 
Fig. 35. 
clusters of the leaves, natural size; seeds are borne in 
small ovoid cones; ripe in autumn. They should be treat- 
ed the same as evergreen tree seeds—7. ¢., sown in a half 
shady situation or in frames; tree a tall, slender grower; 
wood valuable, where light straight timber is required. It 
is also valuable for fuel, but burns rapidly. The trees 
should always be cut in winter or early spring and the 
bark taken off; unless this is done, it will decay very 
rapidly. Grows naturally in low grounds, in nearly all of 
the Northern States as well as in the Canadas. 
