CONIFERS 



few knots, withstanding alternation of wet and dry, susceptible of high polish ; 

 used in carpentry and joinery, and for poles ; trunk furnishes Venice tur- 

 pentine ; bark used in tanning. 



Native of Europe; introduced somewhere about 1629. Name Larch from 

 Old French lai-ice ; L. laricem, ace. of larix ; Gr. huix, a larch. 



Bark attacked by a beetle known as Larch Blight {Bostrichus laricis) ; 

 Foliage — Larch Aphis {Chermen lands), Larch Miner (Colcop/iora laricclla) ; 

 Timber — Giant Sirex {Sirex gigas). 



Fungoid Pests: — Sulphury Wood Rot {Pohjporus sidfureus), Larch Canker 

 {Dasyscyphu calycina), probably caused by Peziza Jflll/iommii. 



GOLDEN LARCH, Pseudolarix Kcvmpferi. 



Gardens, plantations. May. " This is a distinctly ornamental Conifer, 

 and that at three different periods of the year — early spring, when the tender 

 green leaves are unfolding ; autumn, when they put on tlie lovely golden 

 colour ; and during the leafless period, when the yellowish-green or golden- 

 brown bark of the younger branches shows ofi' to perfection, and renders 

 the tree distinct from almost every other species in cultivation." — VV^ebster. 

 Propagated by seeds sown in well-drained pots of sandy loam in cold 

 greenhouse or frame in April, transplanting outdoors in following spring ; or 

 sown outdoors in inoist sandy soil in April, transplanting in following year. 



Flmccfs moncecious ; Male catkins shortly stalked, 20 or more, clustered in 

 umbellate pendulous tufts at extremities of side shoots ; Fruit a cone, pendulous, 

 3 ins. long, 2\ ins. diam., scales 50-60, triangular, deciduous, diverging, cordate, 

 woody ; seeds as large as scales ; cones break up at the least touch. 



Leaves slender, linear-lanceolate, clustered on the adult branches, singly 

 on leading shoots and young plants, \^-'2l ins. long, pale green when young, 

 golden-yellow in autumn, deciduous. 



A deciduous tree, 120 ft.; liranclics resembling L. curopau; liurk dark 



grey, young shoots yellowisli-green or golden-brown. 



Native of China; introduced 184G. P'irst discovered by Kcumpfcr (16.51- 17 10), 



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