. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. ing a middle-sized tree, with dull, dark foliage; cones \]4 in. or less long, usually hanging for several years, the edges of the scales often irregular. Cold woods, as far south as North Carolina in the mountains. 3. TSUGA. Hemlock Spruce. Differs from Picea in having flat 2-ranked petioled leaves: cones hanging on the end of last year's branches. T. canadensis, Carr. Hemlock. Fig. 484. Large forest tree, with 484. Tsuga canadensis, deep-furrowed, dark bark and coarse wood: leaves whitish b
. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. ing a middle-sized tree, with dull, dark foliage; cones \]4 in. or less long, usually hanging for several years, the edges of the scales often irregular. Cold woods, as far south as North Carolina in the mountains. 3. TSUGA. Hemlock Spruce. Differs from Picea in having flat 2-ranked petioled leaves: cones hanging on the end of last year's branches. T. canadensis, Carr. Hemlock. Fig. 484. Large forest tree, with 484. Tsuga canadensis, deep-furrowed, dark bark and coarse wood: leaves whitish be- neath: cones not an inch long, compact. Common lumber tree. Bark much used in tanning. 4. LARIX. Larch. Trees of medium size: leaves soft, short, in fascicles or clusters on short branchlets, falling in autumn: cones much like those of Picea, but standing erect at maturity. L. decidua, Mill. (L. europcea, DC). European larch. Leaves 1 in. long: cones of many scales, about 1 in. long. Planted for ornament and timber. L. laricina, Koch (L. americana, Michx.). Tamarack. Hackmatack. Leaves shorter and pale in color: cones of few scales, Yi in. or less long. Swamps. 5. THUJA. Arborvit^s. Trees, becoming large: leaves opposite, closely appressed to the branch- lets, the latter frond-like: cones small, oblong or globular, of few scales. Leaves awl-like on new growths and scale-like on the older growths. T. occidentalis, Linn. Arborxitaz. White cedar of some places. Fig. 485. Cones J^ in. or less long, bearing 2-winged seeds. Swamps and cold woods, as far south as North Carolina in the mountains. Very commonly planted as a hedge evergreen and as single speci- mens, but in the wild becoming very large trees and much used for telegraph 485. Thuja occidentalis. 6. JUNIPERUS. Juniper. Small trees or shrubs, with opposite or whorled awl-like leaves (often of two kinds): fertile catkin of 3-6 fleshy scales which cohere and form a berry-like fruit containing 1-3 hard seeds. J. comm
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