Walker, William, b. 1821 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 206
4! i.^ ^ v^^ -tr. L -^ ^V r^ ^ Fig. 140. The Black and White Poplars, and also the Black Birch,although very divergent in their branching, are sometimeselegant in form, but for exquisite gracefulness of line theSilver Birch (Fig. 139) stands unrivalled. The stem of the Birch, like that of most… … Fig. 141. 378 On Trees. deeply corrugated, like the Oak and Horse-chestnut. TheBeech stem retains its smoothness throughout its entiregrowth, as may be obseryed in the grand old BurnhamBeeches, and in Fig. 141. 259. We have thus briefly glanced at some of the prin-cipal English forest trees, with…
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