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LARIX Duhani. 



Larix laricina (Du Eoi) Koch. Tamarack. 



LARIX AMERICANA Michx. 



Range. — From Newfoundland and Labrador to northern Pennsylvania, northern 

 Indiana, Illinois, central Minnesota, and northwestward to Hudson Bay (Cape 

 Churchill, Great Bear Lake, and Mackenzie River) (in Arctic Circle). 



Names in use.— Larch (Vt., Mass., E. I., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Pa., 

 Del., Wis., Minn., Ohio, Out., Minn.) ; Tamarack (Me., X. H., Vt., Mass., 

 E. I., K Y., N. J., Pa., Ind., 111., Wis., Mich., Minn., Ohio, Out.); Hack- 

 matack (Me., X. H., Mass., E. I., Del., 111., Minn., Out.) ; American Larch 

 (Vt., Wis., nurserymen); Juniper (Me, X. Brims, to Hudson Bay); 

 Black Larch (Minn.); Epiuette Rouge (Quebec); Ka neh-tens="The 

 leaves fall" (Indians, X. Y.); Eed Larch (Mich.); Hacmack (lit.). 



Laris occidentalis Xutt. Western Larch. 



Range. — Southern British Columbia (south of latitude 53- ) and south in the Cas- 

 cade Mountains to the Columbia River, and to western Montana; also in Blue 

 Mountains of Washington and Oregon. 



Names in use. — Tamarack (Oreg.); Hackmatack; Larch (Idaho, 

 Wash., etc.); Eed American Larch; Western Tamarack; Great West- 

 ern Larch (Cal. lit.); Western Larch (Eng.) 



Larix lyallii Pari. Alpine Larch. 



Range. — High mountains (6,000 to 7,000 feet) of northwestern States, from Mon- 

 tana to Washington and Oregon, and northward in adjacent territory. Range imper- 

 fectly known. 



Names in use. — Tamarack (Idaho, Wash., Oreg.); Larch (Idaho, 

 Wasn., Oreg.); Mountain Larch; LyalPs Larch (lit.); Woolly Larch 

 (Cal. lit.). 



PICE A Link. 



Picea mariana (Mill.) B. S. P. Black Spruce. 



Picea nigra Link. 



Range. — Newfoundland to Hudson Bay and northwestward to the Mackenzie 

 River; southward in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and in the eastern mountains 

 to North Carolina and Tennessee. 



Names in use. — Black Spruce (N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., N. Y., Pa., 

 W.Va., N. 0., S. C, Wis.. Mich.. Minn.. Ont.. Eng.); Double Spruce 

 (Me., Vt., Minn.); Blue Spruce (Wis.); Spruce (Vt.); White Spruce 

 (W. Va. ; Yew Pine (W. Va.); Juniper (K O.); Spruce Pine (W. Va., 

 Pa.); E 3 Balsam (Del., N. C); Epiuette Jaune( Quebec); Water Spruce 

 (Canada, Me.). 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Picea mariana doumetti (Can.) Beissn. 



Picea mariana pumila (Carr.) Sudw. 



Picea mariana humilis Sudw. 



Picea mariana argenteo-variegata (Beissn.) Sudw. 



Picea mariana aurescens Sudw. 



Picea mariana albescens Sudw. 



