Excerpt from The Fungal Diseases of the Common LarchHistorical. The history of larch-growing in Britain pre sents features of peculiar interest. In no other tree have such high hopes been placed, hopes which too Often have led to disappointment, and with no other tree has it been so necessary to modify the method Of sylvicultural treatment on account of liability to disease.The story is as follows. The larch, which is a native of the Alps, Carpathians, and a part of southern Russia, was introduced in the early part of the seventeenth century. It was then only grown for decorative purposes, and a hundred years elapsed before the larch was employed as a timber producing species. From 1730 onwards, however, it was planted extensively in Scotland, particularly by three successive Dukes of Atholl on their estates of Atholl and Dunkeld, and the faith of its ducal sponsors proved to be so well founded that the tree waxed great in popularity, and before the close of the century large plantations might have been found on the south as well as on the north side of the Tweed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.