DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
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found in the states of Maine, Vermont, and New-Hampshire. 
These are known by the names of the Red Larch, ( L . Micro- 
carjpa ,) and the Black Larch, (L. pendula) ; which latter is 
often called Hackmatack. In the coldest parts of the Union, 
these often grow to 80 and 100 feet high ; but in the middle 
states, they are only seen in the swamps, and appear not to 
thrive so well except in such situations. For this reason 
the European Larch is of course greatly preferable when 
plantations are to be made, either for profit or ornament. 
The latter is generally increased from seed in the nurseries. 
The American larches are well worthy a place where 
sufficient moisture can be commanded, as their peculiar 
forms are striking, though not so finely picturesque as that 
of the European species. 
In the upper part of Massachusetts, we have observed 
them in their native soils growing 70 or 80 feet high, and 
assuming a highly pleasing appearance. Their foliage is 
bluish-green, and more delicate ; yet altogether the American 
Larch appears to be more stiff and formal (except far north,) 
than the foreign tree. 
The Virgilia Tree. Virgilia * 
Nat. Ord. Leguminceae. Lin. Syst. Decandria, Monogynia. 
This fine American tree, still very rare in our ornamental 
plantations, is a native of west Tennessee, and the banks of 
the Kentucky river, and in its wild localities seems confined 
to rather narrow limits. It was named, when first dis- 
covered, after the poet Virgil, whose agreeable Georgies 
Cladeastris tinctoria. Torrey and Gray. 
