. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. BIRCH FAMILY upon the tree stiff and rigid all winter long, but respond to the first warmth of returning spring. The pistillate blossoms are little cone-like catkins producei in the spring. When these mature they open to let the seeds fall but themselves remain upon the tree all winter and frequently through the second summer. HOP HORNBEAM. IRONWOOD Osh'ya 7'!y<^iiiii)fia, Small, slender tree. Usually found on dry gravelly slopes and ridges, often in the shade of oaks, maples, and ot
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. BIRCH FAMILY upon the tree stiff and rigid all winter long, but respond to the first warmth of returning spring. The pistillate blossoms are little cone-like catkins producei in the spring. When these mature they open to let the seeds fall but themselves remain upon the tree all winter and frequently through the second summer. HOP HORNBEAM. IRONWOOD Osh'ya 7'!y<^iiiii)fia, Small, slender tree. Usually found on dry gravelly slopes and ridges, often in the shade of oaks, maples, and other larger trees. In Arkansas and it reaches the height of fifty feet ; ranges throughout the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Bark. — Grayish brown, furrowed and broken into narrow oblong scales. Branchlets slender, tough, at first pale green, later dark red brown. Rich in tannic acid. PP'ood.—Light brown tinged with red, sapwood nearly white; heavy, tough, exceedingly close-grained, very strong and hard. Durable in contact with the soil and will take a fine polish. Used for small articles like levers, handles of tools, mallets. Sp. gr., ; weight of cu. ft., lbs. Leaf Buds.—Ovate, acute, light chestnut brown, one-fourth of an inch long. Inner scales enlarge when spring growth begins. No terminal bud is formed. Leaves.—Alternate, oblong-ovate, three to five inches long, rounded, cordate, or wedge-shape, or sometimes unequal at the base, sharply and doubly serrate, acute or acuminate ; feather-veined, mid- rib and veins prom- inent on the under side. They come from the bud light bronze green, smooth above and hairy beneath; when full grown are thin, extremely tough, dull dark yellow green above, pale yellow green beneath. In autumn they turn a clear yellow. Petiole short, slen- der, hairy ; stipules caducous. 316. Branch of Hop Hornbeam, Ostrya viif^hnana, Showing the Staminate Aments as they Appear in Please note that these images a
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