432 Contfere—A bres. 
and many of the specimens bearing this name in gardens are 
not the true plant. Leaves scattered, crowded, 14 to 2 inches 
long, linear obtuse dark green above, silvery beneath. The 
cones are described as cylindrical, and about 6 inches long. A 
native of North California, introduced by Douglas in 1831, and 
one of the handsomest of the genus. 
22. A. Veitchii.—A somewhat recently introduced Japanese 
species. It is described as a handsome distinct tree from 120 
to 140 feet high. Leaves crowded, incurved, 6 to 12 lines 
long, linear, flat, glaucous above, silvery beneath. Cones from 
2 to 24 inches long, with broad rounded scales. This species is 
still rare, and we have no experience of its hardiness, but 
the elevation of its native habitat—6,000 to 7,000 feet—would 
lead us to suppose it to be quite hardy. 
A. magnifica is unknown to us as a cultivated plant, though 
we remember seeing the name quoted somewhere. 
3. LARIX. 
Deciduous trees with needle-shaped, scattered, and fascicled 
leaves, lateral male catkins, and small erect cones with thin 
persistent scales. About eight or ten species are known, found 
in Europe, Asia and North America. The name was applied by 
the ancients to the European species. 
1. L. Europea. Common Larch.—This species is now so 
extensively planted for use as well as ornament, that in many 
districts it forms a conspicuous feature of woodland scenery. 
In Spring, when it puts forth its bright green foliage, it is 
highly attractive, but it soon assumes a more sombre tint, and 
should therefore be sparingly planted for ornamental purposes. 
Some of the varieties are worth noticing, especially péndula, a 
form with slender drooping branches; and glaica, with deci- 
dedly glaucous foliage. 
There are several other species in cultivation, but all of them 
are rare, and likely to continue so; for none of them surpass, 
or perhaps even equal, the common species. JL. Americdna, 
Black Larch, and L. occidentélis, are American species. There 
is a variety of the former in gardens under the name micro- 
caérpa, fromits very small cones. L. Griffithiana, from Sikkim, 
is an irregularly branched tree whose foliage changes to a 
bright red towards Autumn, and whose cones are double the 
size of those of the common Tareh. LZ. Duhiiview and L. 
Ledeboiivit are Siberian species with extremely small cones ; 
