Larix (the Larch) always has its leaves in con- 
siderable bundles, and they are deciduous. 
These characters are sufficient to guide the com- 
mon observer, but if the distinction be thought 
unimportant, because all the species belong to the 
same natural order — Pinaceae, it may be replied 
that no one would think of calling the Strawberry 
or the Potentilla a Rose, yet these belong to the 
the same natural order — Rosacese. 
In our figure of Pinus resinosa, lately published, 
we gave the fruitful catkin, or young cone ; show- 
ing, in a miniature figure, the grouped male 
catkins. In our present plate, we have made 
the male catkins of this dioecious tree, the chief 
figure, giving an outline of the young cone. Mi- 
niature figures also are given in each case of the 
trees as they are now growing in the pinetum 
of the Birmingham Horticultural Society ; where 
Resinosa and Pinea are about fourteen years old, 
and ten feet high. The Stone Pine is branched to 
the ground, and in this country it rarely assumes 
any other form, but still is very ornamental. In 
the south of Europe, however, it rises to a lofty tree, 
with a clear trunk, fifty feet at the least, supporting 
a low, spreading, picturesque head, and is one of 
the most beautiful objects of Italian scenery. 
The miniature figure, 3, represents the cone 
which is five or six inches long; and the fruit, 
figure 2, three quarters of an inch. The kernels 
have a pleasant flavour, and are used in the dessert 
as almonds. They are kept by seedsmen. 
Seedlings should be raised singly in pots, that 
their roots be not injured in transplanting. 
