THE LARCH. 529 
the natural size of a Larch cone and twig, and the 
natural position of the former on the twig. 
The wood of the Larch is usually perfected when 
the Tree is forty years of age—a period less by one- 
half than that required by the Scotch Fir, and less 
by one-third than that required by Pinus pinaster 
