. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. p ^Sf \ ?, mR ^ :% S^S?* ? Lf* ^nftnfl iij-- 1 1 1 1 1 J TAMARACK. EASTERN LARCH. Larix Americana Miclix.^. Fig. 20. Branchlets with fascicles of leaves and cones, i ; detached scale with its two seeds, 2 ;scattered seeds, 3 ; tip of branchlet showing solitary leaves on first seasons growth, 4 ; branchletin winter, 5. 21. Trunk of tree, in Lewis Co., N. Y. 22. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. Handbook of Trek S OF TI IE XORTHEKN StATES AND CaNADA. 21 The Tamaiiuk is a beautiful tree
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. p ^Sf \ ?, mR ^ :% S^S?* ? Lf* ^nftnfl iij-- 1 1 1 1 1 J TAMARACK. EASTERN LARCH. Larix Americana Miclix.^. Fig. 20. Branchlets with fascicles of leaves and cones, i ; detached scale with its two seeds, 2 ;scattered seeds, 3 ; tip of branchlet showing solitary leaves on first seasons growth, 4 ; branchletin winter, 5. 21. Trunk of tree, in Lewis Co., N. Y. 22. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. Handbook of Trek S OF TI IE XORTHEKN StATES AND CaNADA. 21 The Tamaiiuk is a beautiful tree not oftenover 00 ft. in height nor witli trunk more tlian2 ft. in tiiitkness. Its trunk is usuallystraight and columnar or slightly tapering,with scaly bark showing little tendency tobecome ridged and its top is usually of narrowpyramidal form with short horizontal branchesand open airy foliage. It is distinctively atree of swampy lands, venturing farther outon low lake shores antl quaking sphagnumbogs than any otiier tree excepting sometimesthe Swamp Spruce and these regions it char-acterizes in summer with its pale green foliagaor lights up in autumn with its covering ofbright yellow. To the northward in
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