The Canoe Birch 



THE Indian of long ago found the canoe birch 

 to be the most useful tree that grew. To this 

 day its uses are many, different though they are 

 from those of the early days. But it is not only 

 a useful tree it is a very handsome tree as 

 well, with slender, tapering trunk, and a height 

 of sixty to seventy feet. 



The leaves, two or three inches long and nearly 

 as broad, are dark green above and lighter below. 

 They are very thick, with little sawlike teeth 

 pointing sharply forward. The birch buds are 



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