. Practical botany. Botany. Fig. 285. Gray birch {Betulapopulifolia) A, catkins, natural size: s, staminate; p, pistillate. B, cluster of ripened fruits; C, bract with three staminate flowers; D, bract with three pistillate flowers; £, fruit. B, C, -D, E, somewhat magnified some 600 species, including the edible fig and the rubber tree (FIcKS elastiea'). Edihle seeds of many kinds are produced by members of the families of catkin-bearing trees, ilost familiar are the Ameri- can and the European walnuts, the hickory nut, and the pecan. Hardly less so are the American and the European chestnuts.

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. Practical botany. Botany. Fig. 285. Gray birch {Betulapopulifolia) A, catkins, natural size: s, staminate; p, pistillate. B, cluster of ripened fruits; C, bract with three staminate flowers; D, bract with three pistillate flowers; £, fruit. B, C, -D, E, somewhat magnified some 600 species, including the edible fig and the rubber tree (FIcKS elastiea'). Edihle seeds of many kinds are produced by members of the families of catkin-bearing trees, ilost familiar are the Ameri- can and the European walnuts, the hickory nut, and the pecan. Hardly less so are the American and the European chestnuts. Edible fruits—not however of much importance—are borne by the mulberries. The breadfruit, from a tree of the same. 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Caldwell, Otis William, 1869- joint author. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and company

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