Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 142
known. Many of us know the sweet birch and slfp-pcry-elm by heart, but few of us can tell thebirch from the beech. A careful examinationof the two leaves, however, will prove that the\are not alike. The black birch, besides the pleasant taste ofthe tender brown bark on the twigs, has theentire edge… … A WMIIE 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. 7o6 OCR FRIENDS THE TREES. [June, There are two distinct kinds of white birch.Tlie one which…
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