DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
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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. It 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 
perhaps more valuable, as being more rare, — the expression 
of boldness and picturesqueness peculiar to itself, and 
