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the winter in any of the states north of Virginia. South of 
that state, it may probably become naturalized, and serve to 
add to the catalogue of beautiful indigenous evergreen trees. 
From its dark and sombre tint, and perpetual verdure, it 
is peculiarly the emblem of grief : 
“ Binde you ray brows with mourning Cyparesse, 
And palish twigs of deadlier poplar tree, 
Or if some sadder shades ye can devise, 
Those sadder shades vaile my light-loathing eyes.” 
Bp. Hall. 
The Larch Tree. Larix. 
Nat . Ord. Coniferae. Lin. Syst. Moncecia, Monadelphia. 
The Larch is a resinous cone-bearing tree, belonging to 
the Pine family, but differing from that genus in the annual 
shedding of its leaves like other deciduous trees. In 
Europe, it is a native of the coldest parts of the Alps and 
Appenines ; and in America, is indigenous to the most 
northern parts of the Union, and the Canadas. The leaves 
are collected in little bunches, and the branches shoot out 
from the main stem in a horizontal, or, more generally, in a 
declining position. 
For picturesque beauty, the Larch is almost unrivalled. 
Unlike most other trees which must grow old, uncouth, and 
misshapen, before they can attain that expression, this is 
singularly so, as soon almost as it begins to assume the 
stature of a tree. In can never be called a beautiful tree, so 
far as beauty consists in smooth outlines, a finely rounded 
head, or gracefully drooping branches. But it has what is 
