les 2, 3.

* Cones 2 to 3 in. long, with thick, woody, somewhat divergent
deciduous scales. (Pseudolarix) 4.

[Illustration: L. Americana.]

1. =Larix Americana=, Michx. (AMERICAN LARCH. TAMARACK OR HACKMATACK.)
Leaves less than 1 in. long, thread-like, linear, slender, light
bluish-green. Cones 1/2 to 3/4 in. long, ovoid, of a reddish color. A tree
of large size, 50 to 100 ft. high, growing wild in all the northern
portion of our region, and frequent in cultivation, although not quite
so fine a tree as Larix Europaea.

[Illustration: L. Europaea.]

2. =Larix Europaea=, DC. (EUROPEAN LARCH.) Leaves 1 in. long, linear,
obtuse, flat, soft, numerous, and bright green in color. Cones sometimes
more than 1 in. long, with oval, erect, very persistent scales. A
beautiful tree with horizontal branches and drooping branchlets;
abundant in cultivation.

Var. _pendula_ has long, pendent branches, and forms a very fine weeping
tree.

[Illustration: L. Leptolepsis.]

3. =Larix Leptolepsis=, Gordon. (JAPAN LARCH.) Leaves 1 to 11/2 in. long,
slender, pale green. Cones 1-1/3 in. long, and half as wide, of about 60
scales, reflexed at the margin, pale brown in color; bracts lanceolate,
acute, entire, thin, one half the length of the scales; seeds obovate,
compressed, with long, obtuse, thin wings. A small tree from northern
Japan, where it grows 40 ft. high. It is a handsome, erect-growing tree,
with slender, smooth, ash-colored branches, and rather rigid, spreading
branchlets.

[Illustration: L. Kaempferi]

4. =Larix Kaempferi=, Lamb. (GOLDEN LARCH.) Leaves from 1 to 2 1/2 in.
long, flat, linear, sword-shaped, somewhat soft, pale pea-green in the
spring, golden-yellow in the autumn. Cones 2 to 3 in. long, with
flattish, divergent scales which are very deciduous. A beautiful large
tree, over 100 ft. high, from China, which proves hardy as far north as
central New York. It is often placed in a new genus (Pseudolarix)
because of the deciduous scales to the cones.

GENUS =98. CEDRUS.= (THE LEBANON CEDARS.)

Leaves linear, simple, evergreen, in large, alternate clusters. Cones
large, erect, solitary, with closely appressed scales; seeds adhering to
the base of their lacerated, membranous wings. Large, spreading-branched
trees from southern Asia and northern Africa. Occasionally successfully
grown from New York City southward.

* Leaves 1 in. or less long