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European Larch. 
The European Larch belongs to a class of timber that exhibit in its 
tall, straight form, glossy velvet green foliage, and the desirability 
and utility of its wood, that combination of stately beauty, grace and 
usefulness, known to but few if any other kind of forest tree. As the 
qualities of the Larch become known, it is being adopted as one of 
the mo^t desirable trees for forest -planting. 
In Europe, the Larch has been demonstrated to be one of the most 
profitable to plant of all forest trees, owing to the special purposes to 
which the wood is adapted, and the ease with which it can be prop- 
agated in large quantities, and the rapidity with which it can be 
grown, and the poor soils upon which it will flourish. 
By reference to the table it will be seen that the wood of the Larch, 
as compared with the White Oak as to strength, is as 9 to ii, and 
as to toughness, is as 55 to 61 ; and the weight per cubic foot of 
Larch is 31 pounds, and that of White Oak is 42 pounds. It is 
EUROPEAN LARCH. 
