58. 
THE LARCH. 
Larig europea. 
Prats 8, Fria. 2. 
eet’, X TENDING its range overthemoun- 
- tain districts of central Europe, 
the common Larch produces tim- 
“4; ber, the value of which is excelled 
. by that of scarcely any other Pine 
* wood in the world. In the quality 
of endurance it has, indeed, been affirmed 
/ that it is so pre-eminent that it will last 
a” four times longer than the wood of any 
other species of Conifer. Its colour is a reddish 
brown ; its grain is compact; it will bear, without 
injury, exposure to the effects of the weather— 
even improving as it becomes older when employed 
