. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 248 The Birches green and warty-glandular, becoming smooth and yellowish to reddish brown. The buds are ovoid, 4 mm. long. The leaves are triangular-ovate to rhombic- ovate, hairy, at least on the veins of the lower surface when young, nearly or quite smooth when fully grown, irregularly and often doubly toothed, and taper into a long toothed tip; they are blunt or truncate at the base, bright green and shining above, pal
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 248 The Birches green and warty-glandular, becoming smooth and yellowish to reddish brown. The buds are ovoid, 4 mm. long. The leaves are triangular-ovate to rhombic- ovate, hairy, at least on the veins of the lower surface when young, nearly or quite smooth when fully grown, irregularly and often doubly toothed, and taper into a long toothed tip; they are blunt or truncate at the base, bright green and shining above, pale green beneath, and vary from 3 to 7 cm. in length; the ver\- slender. Fig. 203. — Gray Birch, Van Cortlandt Park, N. V. City. leaf-stalks are to 3 cm. long, the stipules ovate and pointed. The leaves quiver in a light breeze, like those of Aspens. The tree flowers in April or May. The staminate catkins arc 5 to 10 cm. long, usually solitary, rarely two together. The ripe pistillate catkins (strobiles) are cylindric, to cm. long, on stalks about i cm. long; their scales are finely hair}', 2 to 4 mm. long, the lateral lobes larger than the middle one; the nut is oval, about mm. long, and narrower than its wings. The wood is light brown, soft and weak, with a specific gravity of about ;. 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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