4 3 2 Con if em A dies. 



and many of the specimens bearing this name in gardens are 

 not the true plant. Leaves scattered, crowded, 1 J to 2 inches 

 long, linear obtuse dark green above, silvery beneath. The 

 cones are described as cylindrical, and about 6 inches long. A 

 native of North California, introduced by Douglas in 1831, and 

 one of the handsomest of the genus. 



22. A. Veitchii. A somewhat recently introduced Japanese 

 species. It is described as a handsome distinct tree from 120 

 to 140 feet high. Leaves crowded, incurved, 6 to 12 lines 

 long, linear, flat, glaucous above, silvery beneath. Cones from 

 *2 to 2^ inches long, with broad rounded scales. This species is 

 still rare, and we have no experience of its hardiness, but 

 the elevation of its native habitat 6,000 to 7,000 feet would 

 lead us to suppose it to be quite hardy. 



A. magnified is unknown to us as a cultivated plant, though 

 we remember seeing the name quoted somewhere. 



3. LARIX. 



Deciduous trees with needle-shaped, scattered, and fascicled 

 leaves, lateral male catkins, and small erect cones with thin 

 persistent scales. About eight or ten species are known, found 

 in Europe, Asia and North America. The name was applied by 

 the ancients to the European species. 



1. L. Europcea. Common Larch. This species is now so 

 extensively planted for use as well as ornament, that in many 

 districts it forms a conspicuous feature of woodland scenery. 

 In Spring, when it puts forth its bright green foliage, it is 

 highly attractive, but it soon assumes a more sombre tint, and 

 should therefore be sparingly planted for ornamental purposes. 

 Some of the varieties are worth noticing, especially pendula, a 

 form with slender drooping branches ; and glauca, with deci- 

 dedly glaucous foliage. 



There are several other species in cultivation, but all of them 

 .are rare, and likely to continue so ; for none of them surpass, 

 or perhaps even equal, the common species. L. Americana, 

 Black Larch, and L. occidentalism are American species. There 

 is a variety of the former in gardens under the name micro- 

 cdrpa-) from its very small cones. L. Griffithiana, from Sikkim, 

 is an irregularly branched tree whose foliage changes to a 

 bright red towards Autumn, and whose cones are double the 

 size of those of the common Larch. L. Dahurica and L. 

 Ledeboiirii are Siberian species with extremely small cones ; 



