. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. PLANE TREE FAMILY of the wood underneath and the tree is therefore obliged to slough it off. A second peculiarity is the wav the leaves protect the growing buds. Examine a branch of almost any tree in early August and nestled in the axils of the \ leaves you will find the tiny forming buds which will produce the leaves of the coming year. The Sycamore branch apparently has no such buds. Are there then to be no more leaves on Sycamores in coming years ? The conclusion is hasty. Observe t
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. PLANE TREE FAMILY of the wood underneath and the tree is therefore obliged to slough it off. A second peculiarity is the wav the leaves protect the growing buds. Examine a branch of almost any tree in early August and nestled in the axils of the \ leaves you will find the tiny forming buds which will produce the leaves of the coming year. The Sycamore branch apparently has no such buds. Are there then to be no more leaves on Sycamores in coming years ? The conclusion is hasty. Observe the sudden enlarge- ment of the petiole, pull it from the branch, and there inclosed in a little tight-fitting case made of the base of the petiole is the bud. The great merit of the Sycamore is its vigor and luxuriance of growth ; al- though at present the trees are greatly threatened by a fungus which attacks and destroys the first leaves and grow- ing shoots. This fungus was first dis- covered in Germany more than twenty years ago, but its occurrence in the United States was only recently recog- nized by botanists. The disease makes its appearance soon after the leaves have expanded, appearing in the form of small black spots which lie close to the veins. As a result the half grown leaves turn brown, shrivel, and fall. It is very common in early June to see cnese trees putting forth their second crop of leaves while the first hang brown, dead, and unsightly on the ends of the branches. No efficient remedy has as yet been applied and if none develops the Sycamore is practically out of the race, for a tree which does not really get its leaves until July 266. Fruit of the Sycamore, Plaljuus Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York,
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