. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1537. B. nigra. 153S. B. nigra. IdentjflcaUcm. WilW. Sp. PI., 4. p. 464.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2. St/nont/mes. B. lanulbsa Michz. FL Bar, Amer. 2. p. 181.; ? 5. ] angulita Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836; red Birch, Amer.; Betula da Canoa, Jtal. Engravings, Dend. Brit., t. 153. ; Michx. Fl. Bor. Am
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1537. B. nigra. 153S. B. nigra. IdentjflcaUcm. WilW. Sp. PI., 4. p. 464.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2. St/nont/mes. B. lanulbsa Michz. FL Bar, Amer. 2. p. 181.; ? 5. ] angulita Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836; red Birch, Amer.; Betula da Canoa, Jtal. Engravings, Dend. Brit., t. 153. ; Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 3. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1248. ; the plates of this tree in Arb, Brit. 1st edit., vol. vii.; and our^s. 1537. and 1538. Spec. Char., S;c. Leaves rhomboid-ovate, doubly serrated, acute ; pubescent beneath, entire at the base. Scales of the strobiles villose; segments linear, equal. (Willd.) A deciduous tree, with the bark rising in very thin paper-like laminse. New Jersey to Carolina. Height 60 ft. to 70 ft. In- troduced in 1736. Flow- ers greenish white; May. Fruit brown; ripe in June. The epidermis is red- dish, or of a cinnamon colour. The petioles are short and downy. The leaves, on young trees, are about 3 in. long, and 2 in. broad, of a light green on the upper surface, and whitish beneath, though on old trees they are much smaller: they are doubly denticulated at the edge, very acuminate at the sum- mit, and terminated at the base in an acute angle, more regular than is seen in the leaf of any other tree. The female catkins in America are 3 or 6 inches long, straight, and nearly cylindrical; about London, they are not half the size. i 10. B. exce'lsa H. Kew. The tall Birch. Identijication. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 337. i Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 9. p. 261. J N. Du Ham., 3. p. 203. St/nonymes. B. liltea Michx. N. Amer. Syl. ! ?£. nIgraZJM Roi Herb. Baum. 1. p. 148.; yellow Birch, Amer. Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 2. 103. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 95.; N. Du Ham
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