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[November 6, 



In all these trees one side of each leaf is larger than the other; 

 but in the elms (f//m?<s) the larger side is the %ipper or inner side, the 

 one nearer the stalk, while in the hop-hornbeam (^Ostnja virginica) 

 the preponderance, though less marked, is upon the oute7- side, the 

 inner being the smaller. In both, the leaves alternate upon the stem, 

 and every two successive leaves constitute a symmetrical pair, their 



