. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 886 LABIX sa^. practiced. Nine species in the colder regions of the northern hemisphere. Staminate fls. small, globose to oblong, solitary, consisting ot numerous short-stalked, spirally arranged anthers; pistillate fls. larger, consist- ing of several or numerous scal
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 886 LABIX sa^. practiced. Nine species in the colder regions of the northern hemisphere. Staminate fls. small, globose to oblong, solitary, consisting ot numerous short-stalked, spirally arranged anthers; pistillate fls. larger, consist- ing of several or numerous scales, with 2 naked ovules at the base, each scale borne in the axil of a much longer bract; cone with woody, 2-seeded scales, persistent on the axis; seeds with large, thin wings, ripening the first year. Alfred Eehder. The European Larch is an upright, conical grower, and one of our best lawn trees. In the spring, when it is covered with its new growth of soft, feathery, light green foliage, it is a very striking and beautiful object. As it begins growth at a low temperature, it is the first of our trees to be covered with new foliage. Again in the autumn it is very beautiful, as its needles turn a golden color before falling, for this tree unlike most of the conifers, is deciduous after the hrst year. In the middle West and along .^ !/i, the coast in Massachusetts, it is ^j planted for timber, shelter belt and wind-breaks. Unlike its Anier ican relative, L. Amerip Tamarack, this tree grows on hif,h ground and does well on a great va ' *-^ riety of soils. It does not do well ^ on low, submerged ground, the s , home of i. Americana. The Laich is known in Europe as one of the most durable woods It does not ignite easily, neither does it splinter, and the wood was in great demand for these reasons for battle ships before the ironclads displaced the wooden ships The Larch stands transplanting well, but this must be done very early in the spring, before new growth begins. The seed is
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