. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. WHITE, OR COMMON BIRCH. 225. Genus Betula, To urn. Linn. Syst. MonceeiuPoh/andriu. Betula alba. Linn. WHITE, or COMMON BIRCH. Betula alba, Linn, 1393. Smiths Flor. Brit. 1012. Id. Eng. Flor. iv. p. Flor. Scot. 274. Id. Brit. Flor. ii. p. Arb. Brit. ch. civ. p. 1691. Q 226 BETULA. The specific characters of this tree are thus stated inthe English Flora; leaves ovate, acute, somewhat deltoid,unequally serrated, and nearly smooth. This light, elegant, and airy tree, one of the chief orna-ments of our
. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. WHITE, OR COMMON BIRCH. 225. Genus Betula, To urn. Linn. Syst. MonceeiuPoh/andriu. Betula alba. Linn. WHITE, or COMMON BIRCH. Betula alba, Linn, 1393. Smiths Flor. Brit. 1012. Id. Eng. Flor. iv. p. Flor. Scot. 274. Id. Brit. Flor. ii. p. Arb. Brit. ch. civ. p. 1691. Q 226 BETULA. The specific characters of this tree are thus stated inthe English Flora; leaves ovate, acute, somewhat deltoid,unequally serrated, and nearly smooth. This light, elegant, and airy tree, one of the chief orna-ments of our wild and mountainous scenery, is too wellknown to require any particular or detailed technicaldescription. Throughout Britain and Ireland it is foundalmost universally distributed in all hilly districts, as
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