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b. Buds small, covered with one 

 hood-like scale : silky under- 

 neath scale : bark dark colored. 

 The willows. 



3. The seeds in a small woody cone : buds 



with many scales : bark smooth, 

 with horizontal markings, roll- 

 ing back horizontally in thick 

 or thin layers. The birches. 



4. The seeds in a growth resembling a 



hop with many seeds each in a 

 papery sac : bark ashy gray 

 and scaly : branches very fine 

 with small scaly buds. 



The hornbeam. 

 B. The leaves compound. 



1. Fruit a large nut with a rough shell and an 



entire husk: pith in twigs 

 honeycombed and brown : buds 

 gray and silky. 



The walnuts. 



2. Fruit a medium-sized nut with a smooth shell 



and a divided husk : pith in 

 twigs solid (not honeycombed) : 

 buds gray or yellow. 



The hickories. 



3. Fruit a bean-like pod: branches with small 



brown spines : leaves doubly 

 compound: buds sunken into 

 the bark of the twigs each be- 

 tween a pair of spines. 



The locust. 



The maples. Figs. 6, 7, 8 



The maples are fast-growing trees and are found in 

 almost any woodlot. They furnish high-grade and valu- 



