THE LARCH. BOT 
in naval architecture, for which it is in great 
request. For all kinds of carpentry and joinery ; 
for railway sleepers, and for use in any capacity 
where it is likely to be exposed to alternate 
moisture and heat, itisinvaluable. Yet the Larch 
will grow well upon almost any soil, including 
land in barren mountainous regions—a fact which 
shows in a remarkable manner how bountiful is 
Nature in providing for the wants of man, by 
making barren hills and desert places minister to 
his necessities. 
The Larch is—unlike the majority of the Coni- 
fers—a deciduous Tree, and by its habit of un- 
clothing in the winter, gives an opportunity to 
those—and we trust that their name is legion— 
who love to study the winter guise of the in- 
habitants of our woodlands, to see in full per- 
fection, without its covering of leaves, the pyra- 
midal form of one of the cone-bearers. 
From the living Tree is extracted the most 
valuable of all turpentine. This resinous product 
accumulates in cavities in certain parts of the 
Larch, whence it is extracted by means of augurs, 
and an arrangement of wooden tubes to convey 
