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The Corsican Pine {P. Laricio) is hardy and ornamental, but the 

 variety of it famiUarly known as the Austrian Pine {Pinus Laricio 

 variety Austriaca) is perhaps more planted than any other pine. 

 It is very hardy and stands the sweep of cold winds very bravely. 

 It has the reputation of being short-lived, but we know of numbers 

 of it in fine health at 50 years of age. We regard it as quite orna- 

 mental. 



The Scotch Pine (P. syhestrift) is, next to the Austrian Pine, 

 very extensively planted, and will grow and thrive in very sandy 

 soil. It is perhaps the hardiest pine we know of. When it gets to 

 a height of 50 or 60 feet it looks very picturesque and interesting 

 with its yellow-barked stems. 



The larches are most important deciduous conifers for ornamental 

 grounds. The unfolding leaves show a rich coppery green tint 

 that is charming. The erect conical outline with the stem rigidly 

 straight which obtains in some of the larches, render them distinct 

 and appropriate objects for situations in private estates. 



The European Larch {Larix decidua) is extensively planted. 

 It grows rapidly and does well in almost any well-drained soil. 

 A fastigiate variety appeared a few years since amongst a lot of 

 seedlings in a Rochester nursery, which is the only one we have 

 ever seen, and efforts are being made to propagate it as it ought to 

 be a good garden plant. 



The Japanese Larch (L. lepiokpis) is smaller growing than the 

 European but the branches are longer and more spreading and 

 ascending. It grows rapidly and thrives well in Western New York. 



Our native larch or Tamarack (L. Americana) is not as much 

 planted as it should be. In moist soils it makes a very handsome 

 characteristic tree. When standing alone it will form an intricately 

 branching head, looking very picturesque and altogether distinct 

 from other larches. 



The Chinese False Larch or Golden Larch (Pseudolarix Kaemp- 

 feri), with its long stout spreading branches and pendulous laterals 

 thickly clothed with the light yellowish green leaves, is a beautiful 

 object. The plants of this at Rochester are small but there are 

 fine specimens of it in cultivation in the Wellesley Pinetum, ^Ir. 

 Paul Dana's estate in Long Island, and elsewhere. 



The spruces are of great ornamental value. They are distinct 



