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nohilissimcis, as we already have an argentea, an aurea, a com^Jctcta, 

 and a viridis of "Wellington's Giant Fir, 



S.D. Y. LariX : The Larch Fir. 



'Eo certain origin nor sure derivation do I offer for this name ; and 

 after much careful research, I venture no further hack than the Latin 

 Larix, the which, however, I consider an appropriate, correct, and 

 tenable term for this S.D. 



Flowers, male and female, on the same plant, but separate : the 

 male catkins small and numerous, egg-shaped, minus footstalks ; the 

 females larger, ovate, solitary, and generally erect j the female catkins 

 are generally red in colour, but there is a white-flowered variety of the 

 prototype ; and at the present time there are to be found plants having 

 white, yellow, straw, orange, and yellowish or whitish-green blooms ; 

 and red, purple, brown, and reddish or brownish-green shades. 



Leaves, deciduous, soft, linear, flat, obtuse ; produced singly on 

 the young shoots of young plants, and in bundles or clusters upon 

 adult branches and old trees ; being disposed in gregarious groups 

 round a central bud, ranging from a quarter to three inches long ; at 

 first bright grassy-green, more or less glaucous, and in the autumn, 

 before they fall off, they alternate through many shades of golden, 

 yelloAV, red, and brown colours. 



Cones, these are of various sizes, ranging in some species from a 

 quarter to one inch long, in others from one-and-a-half to three inches ; 

 in form oblong, oval-obtuse, cylindrical, or roundish; at first red, 

 purple, yellow, or brownish-green, changing to yellowish-green; and, 

 when they arrive at maturity, all of them become of a brownish colour : 

 the scales of most of them are persistent, while in a few they are 

 deciduous ; the seeds of some have a soft skin-like covering, while they 

 most of them have a leathery or ligneous covering : and all of them 

 are furnished with a winged appendage though comparatively small. 



LariX AltAICA : The Mountain or Siberian Larch. 



This is merely an altered form of the common Larch Fir ; sometimes 

 found much diminished in its stature, and in the size of its leaves and 

 cones, often reduced to a scrubby bush ; while it is, in some more 

 favoured habitat, a very handsome stately tree, closely resembling the 

 prototype ; all of which forms or variations are produced by the soil, 

 altitude, and climate in which it is grown. 



Larix Amabilis: The Lovely Larch Fir. 



This is a Fir, una e multis, which has caused no little consternation. 



