54 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



The Japanese larch, Larix Kaempferi (L. leptolepis), has 

 very broad horizontal branches, which curve upward and form 

 a very broad pyramid. The leaves have a bluish-gray tinge. The 

 branchlets are characterized by a reddish-brown color. In the 

 autumn the leaves turn deep yellow. Japanese larch does 

 excellently in cultivation, and is a most desirable ornamental. 



The American larch or tamarack, Larix laricina, native from 

 Manitoba to Pennsylvania, is usually found in swamps and 

 very damp soil. It forms a narrow pyramidal head when 

 young, but in old age it is often very irregular in outline, and 

 the branches, particularly in adult trees, are arranged very 

 irregularly. The tamarack, when isolated and well developed, 

 is a very ornamental tree. Although usually native in wet 

 soils, it does very well in ordinary well-drained ground. 



The Dahurian larch, Larix dahurica, from east Siberia, has 

 very wide-spreading branches, much more so than in any other 

 larch. The branchlets have a slightly glaucous tinge. The 

 leaves are a deep olive-green color. It is slow growing, but is 

 highly ornamental. Var. Principis Rupprechtii is doing very 

 well at Highland Park. The seedlings are young, but they give 

 good promise of becoming well established. 



Cedrus. 



The cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani, native on the Lebanon 

 Mountains and in northern Africa, is one of the noblest 

 conifers. The geographical form that has been commonly 

 cultivated in Europe and in some parts of this country is not 

 hardy in western New York or in any part of New England. 

 Many years ago C. S. Sargent had seeds collected on the 

 highest mountains in Asia Minor, where the species occurs. 

 This race, fortunately, has proved to be quite hardy at the 

 Arnold Arboretum, and the young trees are now of considerable 



