CHAPTER VII. 



I. Simple Alternate Leaves. 



2. With teeth. A. Edge not divided. 



THE ALDER, ETC. 



Speckled or The speckled or hoary alder, prop- 



Hoary Alder. er \j speaking, is a shrub ; yet it often 



Alnusincana. growg 2Q feet high) and somet i mes 



has one substantial trunk. There is scarcely a brook 

 or streamlet passing through the White Mountain 

 region which is not shaded by the very dark olive- 

 green foliage of the speckled alder, and I call to 

 mind mile after mile of valley road edged by this 

 beautiful bushy tree; indeed, it might justly be 

 called the " roadside genius " of sylvan New Hamp- 

 shire. I think the " speckled beauty " of the woods, 

 although he does not seem to know it, owes this 

 alder an enormous debt of gratitude for hiding his 

 cool and pebbly retreat and entangling the angler's 



" fly." Whoever has fished in a mountain stream has 



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