. The trees of Northeastern America [microform] : illustrations from original sketches. Trees; Leaves; Arbres; Feuilles. 58 Tj^ees zvith Simple Leaves. [Air Leaf, two to three inches long ; dark green and smooth above ; beneath, dull, and with the ribs somcwhct hairy, especially in their angles. Bark of trunk very tough and durable; thick ; snow- white on the outside ; easily removed from the wood, and then itself very separable into paper-like sheets. The inner sheets are of a reddish tinge. Found, in the mountains of Northern Pennsylvania, New England, and far northward, farther than any oth
. The trees of Northeastern America [microform] : illustrations from original sketches. Trees; Leaves; Arbres; Feuilles. 58 Tj^ees zvith Simple Leaves. [Air Leaf, two to three inches long ; dark green and smooth above ; beneath, dull, and with the ribs somcwhct hairy, especially in their angles. Bark of trunk very tough and durable; thick ; snow- white on the outside ; easily removed from the wood, and then itself very separable into paper-like sheets. The inner sheets are of a reddish tinge. Found, in the mountains of Northern Pennsylvania, New England, and far northward, farther than any other non-evergreen tree of America, excepting the aspen. A tree, forty to seventy feet high. The wood is light, hard, and very close-grained, but decays rapidly when exposed—more rapidly than the bark, which often remains as a shell long after the wood within has disappeared. It is very largely used in making spools, pegs, shoe-lasts, in turnery, for wood-pulp, and for fuel. The waterproof bark is much used by Indians and trappers for their canoes. " Give me of your bark, O Birch-Tree ! Of your yellow bark, O Birch-Tree ! Growing by the rushing river, Tall and stately in the valley ! I a light canoe will build me. That shall float upon the river, Like a yellow leaf in autumn, Like a yellow water-lily. * Lay aside your cloak, O Birch-Tree ! Lay aside your white-skin wrapper, For the summer time is coming, And the sun is warm in heaven. And you need no white-skin wrapper ! '" Hiawatha,. 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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