TREES AND SHRUBS 



with pink ; seeds angular, wing cuneate, at least two years to ripen, persistent 

 for several, \ in. long, wings 1^ in. long, rounded cuneate. 



Leaves singly on elongated branches, or fascicled on dwarf shoots, arranged 

 spirally, but mostly on upper side, short, rigid, nearly cylindrical, acute, 1 in. 

 long, dark green, persistent for 2 years, very slow in decaying. 



An evergreen tree, 60-80 ft. or more under favourable conditions ; Branches 

 horizontal, large, rigid, in distinct layers or stages, forming a broadly pyramidal 

 head or flattened top ; branchlets flat, fan-like, numerous, thickly set ; Bark on 

 branches greyish-brown, smooth, peeling in thin flakes, on trunk thick, rough, 

 deeply fissured ; Wood in this country reddish-white with streaks, soft, apt to 

 shrink and warp, not durable, sweet-scented for only first year after being felled. 



Native of Lebanon and Taurus in Syria ; introduced about 1860. Name from 

 O.F. cedre ; L. cedrus ; Gr. kedros, cedar-tree. 



COMMON LARCH, Larix enropcea. 



Woods, plantations, gardens. April, May. Best in elevated open situa- 

 tions, preferring alluvial sandy loam. Propagated by seeds sown in sandy 

 soil in November, transplanting when two years old. 



Flowers monoecious ; Males isolated, sessile, ovoid-globose to shortly 

 cylindrical, pale green passing to yellow, jL-| in. long, scales thin, stamens 

 almost peltate ; Females cylindrical, blunt, solitary, f^-^ in. long, crimson- 

 purple when young, pale brown later, scales thin, pointed ; Fruit a cone, 

 lax, ovate, erect, l>rown, red when young, 1 in. long, ripe in late autumn, 

 persisting for a long time, scales persistent, roundish, reddish-brown ; seeds 

 ovate, winged ; cones along twigs in rows, numerous. 



Leaves fascicled, 30-60 in a bundle, linear, soft, blunt, or rounded at 

 point, spreading, slightly recurved, bright green, deciduous. 



A deciduous tree, 80-100 ft. ; Branches spreading, horizontal, lower ones 



with a downward tendency, turning upwards at tips ; Twigs mostly pendulous ; 



Bark brown, separable into thin layers, deep longitudinal fissures ; quick in 



growth ; fTood reddish-brown or yellowish-white, durable, tough, witli but 



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