Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 177
m FIG. 10. A WHITE BIRCH. age is a striking feature of our parks and lawns. The white birch, with its paper-like bark, is another tree which takes a prominent part in the color-scheme of our landscape-gardening. 706 OUR F.RIENDS THE TREES. [June, There are two distinct kinds of white birch.The one… … A BLACK WALNUT. which is waterproof, and was formerly used bythe Indians for canoes. It is a large tree, andits name paper-birch comes from the forma-tion of the bark in layers, which separate asreadily as sheets of paper. The smaller white birch, which is becomingso common on Long Island,…
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