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THE CONIFERS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. 



In the early spring erect bright red flowers here and there may be 

 found on the growth of the second season preceding; these are the 

 seed-bearing flowers. In somewhat greater numbers on the same 



year's growth are smaller yellow flowers, which bear the pollen. 

 Upon fertilization the red flowers turn downward ; the pollen flowers 

 wither and fall. The fruit of the larch is matured in one season. 

 The cone is small, an inch and a half or less in length and 



