Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Common Birch (Beiuia alba). Common Birch: Showing catkin and leaves. northern parts of North America, and sometimes called theSweet B. or Cherry B. (B. lenta), also a tree of 70 feet or uii-wards in heiglit, and of which the timber is line-grained, andvaluable for making furniture, and forotlier purposes. Its leaves,when bruised, diffuse a sweet odor, and when carefully dried,make an agreeable tea. It is remarkable that this tree has beenlittle planted in Britain.—The Yellow B. of North America {) is a tree
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Common Birch (Beiuia alba). Common Birch: Showing catkin and leaves. northern parts of North America, and sometimes called theSweet B. or Cherry B. (B. lenta), also a tree of 70 feet or uii-wards in heiglit, and of which the timber is line-grained, andvaluable for making furniture, and forotlier purposes. Its leaves,when bruised, diffuse a sweet odor, and when carefully dried,make an agreeable tea. It is remarkable that this tree has beenlittle planted in Britain.—The Yellow B. of North America {) is a tree of 70—80 feet high, destitute of branches for 30—40 feet, remarkable for its large leaves, whicli are 3i inciteslong, and for the brilliant golden yellow color of the is found in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, <tc. Its tim-ber is used in ship-building. The young saplings of all theseAmerican species are nuich employed for making hoops for casks.—The Paper B. {B- papymcea) is found in tiie nortjiern parts ofNorth America. It attains tlie height o
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