KIRNI LARCH. 



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Larch (Ldrix europcea DC. : Order Abielinece). Alps of Central 

 Europe, and represented by a variety in Siberia. French 

 "Meleze." Germ. "Larche." Ital. "Larice." Height 80 100 or 

 120 ft.; diam. 24 ft. at base. S.G. 809 519. W over 68, when 

 green32 38. E400 600 tons, e 1 1'45. p' -78. / -43. /M 5-5. 

 c4203. c' -555. fc 2-5. t>' -783. /s -75. Yellowish-white, generally 

 straight and even, but sometimes rather coarse in grain, soft, 

 tough, strong, very easily split and very durable, being rich in 

 tannic and phenolic antiseptic subtances, shrinking excessively 

 and warping in seasoning, but lustrous and working up tolerably 



FIG. 53. Transverse section of Larch (Ldrix europcea). 



well. In its native cold uplands, though there may be an inch of 

 yellowish-white sapwood, the heart is reddish-brown and harder. 

 The pith is small ; the*pith-rays with tracheids with bordered pits 

 above and below, and parenchyma with simple pits in the middle; 

 resin-ducts smaller and fewer than in Pinus; knots irregularly 

 distributed ; annual rings wide, defined by a broad dark zone of 

 autumn-wood, finely sinuous. (Fig. 53.) Its durability rendered 



