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transplanted where it is finally to o^row, before it attains too 

 great a development. 



The European Cypress, ( Cupressus sempervirens,) a beau- 

 tiful evergreen tree, shaped like a small Lombardy poplar, 

 which is the principal ornament of the churchyards and ce- 

 meteries abroad, is unfortunately too tender to endure the 

 winter in any of the states north of Carolina, South of that 

 state, it may probably become naturalized, and serve to add 

 to the catalogue of beautiful indigenous evergreen trees. 

 From its dark and sombre tint, and perpetual verdure, it is 

 peculiarly the emblem of grief : 



" Binde you my brows witli viourning Cyparesse, 

 And palish twigs of deadlier poplar tree, 

 Or if some sadder shades ye can devise, 

 Those sadder shades vaile my light-loathing eyes." 



Bp. Hall. 



The Larch Tree. Larix. 



Nat. Ord. ConifersR. Lin. Syst. MoncEcia, Monadelphia. 



The Larch is a resinous cone-bearing tree, belonging to 

 the Pine family, but differing from that genus in the annual 

 shedding of its leaves like other deciduous trees. In Eu- 

 rope, it is a native of the coldest parts of the Alps and Ap- 

 penines ; and in America, is indigenous to the most northern 

 parts of the Union, and the Canadas. The leaves are col- 

 lected in little bunches, and the branches shoot out from the 

 main stem in a horizontal, or more generally in a declining 

 position. 



For picturesque beauty, the Larch is almost unrivalled. 

 Unlike most other trees which must grow old, uncouth, and 

 mis-shapen, before they can attain that expression, this is sin- 

 gularly so, as soon almost as it begins to assume the stature 

 of a tree. It can never be called a beautiful tree, so far as 



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