JANUARY. 



18 



WHITE CEDAR. 



Thija Ocddentalis. 



C. — How great a variety is displayed in the form, or 

 manner of growth, of the different trees. 



F, — So much, that even when divested of their leaves, 

 it is quite easy to name any tree, by a view of the trunk 

 and limbs alone. The Rock Maple (Acer Saccharinumjf 

 sends up a straight trunk, disfigured with hard and gnarled 

 protuberances, shooting out its branches nearly at right 

 angles, which are bent and contorted in every possible di- 



