174 Lessons in Nature Study 



renders the separate parts unsymmetrical, but the clump 

 usually forms a well-rounded cluster. The sprays are always 



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FIG. 47. WHITE BIRCH. (DRAWN BY WILLIE ELDER.) 



fine and feathery, being extremely delicate. These trees 

 are also striking in having such white trunks, while the finer 

 branches are darker, often being dark red brown in color. 



