. British trees. Trees. -4+ THE CRAB APPLE. THE BRANCHES. The trunk is covered with dull, hrown-grey bark, rather tough in texture—it soon ramities into boughs, and again into numerous nianv-angled branches, all coloured a dull, dark grey. Both the trunk and its sub-ordinates produce wavy adventitious shoots. The branches become pendent and give off projecting shoots, which grow to a considerable length, onlv interrupted bv stiff, stunted twigs, covered with raised rings, and bearing each a bunch ot leaves round the terminal bud. The whole tree is a maze of wMry twigs in every direction, threa
. British trees. Trees. -4+ THE CRAB APPLE. THE BRANCHES. The trunk is covered with dull, hrown-grey bark, rather tough in texture—it soon ramities into boughs, and again into numerous nianv-angled branches, all coloured a dull, dark grey. Both the trunk and its sub-ordinates produce wavy adventitious shoots. The branches become pendent and give off projecting shoots, which grow to a considerable length, onlv interrupted bv stiff, stunted twigs, covered with raised rings, and bearing each a bunch ot leaves round the terminal bud. The whole tree is a maze of wMry twigs in every direction, threaded bv numerous large branches. THE LEAF. In September the shoots formed during the summer are to be distinguished bv their red-brown colour. Small alternate buds, pointed at the top and thickened at the base, are arranged down the shoot in series of five, and lie close against it. Last vear's leaf- stalk has left its traces at the base of the buds in a projection running down the shoot, which destroys its roundness. This, however, is restored in the older twigs. About the end ai April the young leaves are to be found standing upright, the two edges rolled ifiwards towards the central ril). The earliest leaves to expand form a rosette round the inner and less well-grown ones, which are still upright. The young leaves are semi-transparent, shining, and tinted a red brown ; their stalks are covered with white hairs, which. r. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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