Pinus Larix, L.

Common Larch; deciduous. On the European Alps up to 7000 feet. It attains a height of 100 feet, sometimes rising even up to 160 feet, and produces a valuable timber of great durability, which is used for land and water buildings, and much prized for ship buildiug. The bark is used for tanning and dyeing. The tree is of great importance for its yield of the Venetian turpentine, which is obtained by boring holes into it in spring; these fill during the summer, supplying from ½ to ¾ pint of turpentine. In Piedmont, where they tap the tree in different places and let the liquid continually run, it is said that from 7 to 8 may be obtained in a year", but the wood suffers through this operation. P. L. var. Rossica, Russian Larch, grows principally on the Altai mountains from 2,600 to 5,600 feet above sea level; it attains a height of 80 feet. The species would be important for our upland country.