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TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 



Ij. Americana. 



2. Larix Europsea, DC. (EU- 

 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 

 branches, and forms a very fine 

 weeping tree. 



1. Larix Americana, Michx. 

 (AMERICAN LARCH. TAMARACK 

 OR HACKMATACK.) Leaves less 

 than 1 in. long, thread-like, lin- 

 ear, slender, light bluish-green. 

 Cones y z 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 Europsea. 



L. Leptol6psis. 



L. EuropSea. 



3. Larix Leptol6psis, Gor- 

 don. (JAPAN LARCH.) Leaves 

 1 to 1}^ in. long, slender, pale 

 green. Cones 1^ i n - l n g> 

 and half as wide, of about 60 

 scales, 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. 



