CEDAR OF LEBANON. 
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species of American Larch, the first of which is evidently the tree we have 
been considering ; the second he denominates Larix microcarpa , and cha- 
racterizes it by smaller fruit and drooping branches. My father doubtless 
considered it as a variety. 
The cones of the European Larch are twice as large as those of the 
American species, but the two trees are so analogous that a separate 
description is unnecessary. 
PLATE CLIII. 
A branch with leaves and cones of the natural size. Fig. 1 , A seed. 
[As an ornamental tree the European Larch takes the precedence of the 
American ; the latter grows generally with a crooked top, and its leaves 
are shorter than the European, which is fit for every useful purpose in 
forty years growth. 
The soils suitable for Larch, according to Matthew are sound rock, with 
a covering of loam ; gravel not ferruginous, in which water does not stag- 
nate, even though nearly bare of vegetable mould ; firm, dry clays, and 
sound, brown loam ; all very rough ground particularly ravines. The most 
desirable situation is, where the roots will neither be drowned by stagnant 
water in winter, nor parched by drought in summer. See Loudon’s Ar- 
boretum, pp. 2353 to 2399.] 
CEDAR OF LEBANON. 
Larix cbdrus. L . foliis fasciculatis, perennantibus ; strobilis ovatis, obtusis, 
erectis; squamis adpressis, rotundatis. 
The Cedar of Lebanon is the largest and most majestic among the 
resinous trees of the Old World, and one of the finest vegetable produc- 
