. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. Nyssa bifloz'a; usually two berries. We find no more than just so many berries on a stem, and this fact decides a species j the leaves grow just so many in a cluster, and this decides anoth- er species; the bark is marked thus and so, and there is no further doubt about yet another species. It is plain, therefore, that by comparative ex- amination we can decide beyond peradventure what the tree is by its leaf, its fruit, or its bark. But it is with the leaves that we have chiefly to do; in almost all cases their assistance is sufficient for the identi
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. Nyssa bifloz'a; usually two berries. We find no more than just so many berries on a stem, and this fact decides a species j the leaves grow just so many in a cluster, and this decides anoth- er species; the bark is marked thus and so, and there is no further doubt about yet another species. It is plain, therefore, that by comparative ex- amination we can decide beyond peradventure what the tree is by its leaf, its fruit, or its bark. But it is with the leaves that we have chiefly to do; in almost all cases their assistance is sufficient for the identification of the tree. I have consequently arranged them in the succeeding chapters according to a progression from simple to complex forms. Fig. A is the sim- plest form of a leaf; it is without divisions and has an entire and unbroken edge. But this is not all ^Yhich we must look at; it is a most important fact to know how the leaf grew. Did it spring. Nyssa uniflora ; not more than one 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York : D. Appleton
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