. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. 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,
. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. 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. well as upon commons and wild tracts, where the soilis poor or of a light and sandy quality. In Scotlandit grows at an altitude of three thousand five hundredfeet, being a higher zone than that attained by any otherof our indigenous trees; but, as might be expected, atthis height it is only met with as a low tree or geographical distribution in other parts of the worldis also very extensive. Throughout the warm and tem-perate parts of Europe it inhabits all the lofty mountain- WHITE, OR COMMON BIRCH. 227 ous districts, at altitudes varying according to their respec-tive latitudes or temperatures; thus, in the Apennines,it commences at a height of about four thousand sevenhundred and sixty feet above the level of the sea, andreaches an altitude of six thousand feet. In Laplandthe line of the Birch is one thousand nine hundred and
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