. The trees of Northeastern America [microform] : illustrations from original sketches. Trees; Leaves; Arbres; Feuilles. EXPLANATION OF TERMS. Trees as distinjruished from shrubs, are those species M^hich as the rule, spring from the ground with a single branchmg trunk. ^ ' A Leaf is : Oak ? ^^"^//^S when it is of one piece. (Fig. a, Willow I'll',, (t. (2) Compound, when there are two or more entirely separate pieces (called lea/ie^s) on the one leaf-stem'. (Figs, d and c, Dwarf Sumach and Horse Chestnut) bee note 2. Compound leaves are : (i) Fcathcr-shapcd, when the leaflets are placed a
. The trees of Northeastern America [microform] : illustrations from original sketches. Trees; Leaves; Arbres; Feuilles. EXPLANATION OF TERMS. Trees as distinjruished from shrubs, are those species M^hich as the rule, spring from the ground with a single branchmg trunk. ^ ' A Leaf is : Oak ? ^^"^//^S when it is of one piece. (Fig. a, Willow I'll',, (t. (2) Compound, when there are two or more entirely separate pieces (called lea/ie^s) on the one leaf-stem'. (Figs, d and c, Dwarf Sumach and Horse Chestnut) bee note 2. Compound leaves are : (i) Fcathcr-shapcd, when the leaflets are placed along the sides of the leaf-stem. (Fig. b.) ^ (When the compound leaf ends with a pair of leaflets it is evcn-feaihercd; when it ends with one leaflet it is odd-feat her cd.) (2) Hand-shaped, when all the leaflets radiate from the end of the leaf-stem, like fingers from the palm of the hand. (Fig. c.) \„Ti.; „ leaves may he once, twice, or three times 1 ,^2 ''r"'^ ^'''"^'" °^ ^ leaf can be distinguished from a simple leaf by the absence of Ieaf-bu,ls from the base .f ihHr stems. '. 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 Newhall, Charles S. (Charles Stedman), 1842-1935. New York; London : G. P. Putnam's Sons
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