188 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
L. Americana. 
2. Larix Europgéa, DC. (Ev- 
ROPEAN LarcH.) Leaves 1 in. 
long, linear, obtuse, flat, soft, nu- 
merous, and bright green in color. 
Cones sometimes more than 1 in. 
long, with oval, erect, very per- 
sistent scales. A beautiful tree 
with horizontal branches and: 
drooping branchlets; abundant in 
cultivation. 
Var. pendula has long, pendent 
hranches, and forms a very fine 
weeping tree. 
L. Leptolénsis. 
1. Larix Americana, Micbx. 
(AMERICAN LarcH. TAMARACK 
oR HackmaTack.) Leaves less 
than 1 in. long, thread-like, lin- 
ear, slender, light bluish-green. 
Cones \% to ¥% in. long, ovoid, of 
a reddish color. A tree of large, 
size, 50 to 100 ft. high, growing 
wild in all the northern portion 
of our region, and frequent in 
cultivation, although not quite so 
fine a tree as Larix Europea, 
L. Europa. 
3. Larix Leptolépsis, Gor- 
don. (JAPAN LarcH.) Leaves 
1 to 144 in. long, slender, pale 
green. Cones 14% in. long, 
and half as wide, of about 60 
seales, reflexed at the margin, 
pale brown in color; bracts 
lanceolate, acute, entire, thin, 
one half the length of the scales; 
seeds obovate, compressed, with 
long, obtuse, thin wings. A small 
tree from northern Japan, where 
it grows 40 ft. high. It is a 
handsome, erect-growing tree, 
with slender, smooth, ash-col- 
ored branches, and rather rigid, 
spreading branchlets. 
