RECORDS IN TREE TOPS 



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have shed their twigs. The trunk of a tree, then, 



is the remainder in a long problem of subtraction. 



A young tree of the sweet garden cherry is 



4. Diffuse habit of the sour cherry. 



shown in Fig. 3, and one of the Morello or pie 

 cherry in Fig. 4. In the former, the terminal 

 growths are strong, and the leader, or central 

 trunk, has persisted. The latter has long since 



