. 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. 844 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. cles. Scales of the strobiles having the side lobes roundish (Willd.) A deciduous tree. Nova Scotia to Pennsylvania. Height 70 ft. to 80 ft. Introd. 1767. Flowers greenish white; May. Fruit brownish; ripe in October. The young shoots and leaves, a
. 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. 844 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. cles. Scales of the strobiles having the side lobes roundish (Willd.) A deciduous tree. Nova Scotia to Pennsylvania. Height 70 ft. to 80 ft. Introd. 1767. Flowers greenish white; May. Fruit brownish; ripe in October. The young shoots and leaves, at their unfolding, are downy. Towards the end of summer, when fully expanded, the leaves are perfectly smooth, except the petiole, which remains covered with fine short hairs. The leaves are about .3J in. long, and 2a in. broad; oval, acuminate, and bordered with sharp irregular teeth. The epidermis is of a brilliant golden yellow ; and the leaves, the bark, and the young shoots, have all an agreeable taste and smell, similar to those of the pliant birch {B. lenta), though they lose it in drying. In its fructification, this species nearly resembles B. lenta. S 11. A le'nta L. The pliant Birch. Jdeniification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 464.; Pursh Fl. Amer Sept., 2. p. 621.; N. Du Ham., 3. p. 205. Synonymes. B. carpinirolia Ekrk, Beitr. 6. p. 99.; B. nigra Du Roi Herb. 1. p. 93 ; the plant is under both these names, and also under that of B. lenta, in Loddiges's arboretum; black Birch, Cherry. Birch, Canada Birch, Sweet Birch, Mountain Mahogany, Amer.; Bouleau M^risier, Fr.; Betula della Virginia, Ital. Engravings. Wang. Beitr. t. 15. f. 34.; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 2. 106. ; and our j%. 1541. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cordate-ovate, acutely serrated, acuminate; petioles and nerves hairy beneath. Scales of the strobiles smooth, having the side lobes obtuse, equal, with prominent veins. (Willd.) A deciduous tree. Canada to Georgia. Height 60 ft. to 70 ft. IntrodJ739. Flowers greenish wh
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