280 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



inliabits cold swamps and shady hillsides throughout 

 the ISTorth ; its southern hmits are Pennsylvania, 

 northern Indiana and Illinois, and central Minnesota. 

 The European larch {Larix Eurojpma) is a fast- 

 growing tree considered even more ornamental than 

 its American relative, with leaves about an inch long 

 (a trifle longer on the average than those of the other 

 species), and of a deeper light green. The branch- 

 lets of this tree are somewhat pendulous. The cones 

 are sometimes more than an inch long, and they have 

 numerous scales. There is also a weeping form of 

 the European larch. 



