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Fig. 31. — Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch. B.lenta,L. 

 Leaves, simple ; alternate ; edge finely and sharply 



DOUBLE-TOOTHED. 



Outline, egg-shape. Apex, pointed. Base, heart-shaped. 



Leaf-stem, short and downy. 



Leaf, two to four inches long ; about one half as wide ; 

 silky-hairy when young, but becoming smooth, except 

 on the ribs beneath. 



Bark of trunk, a dark chestnut-brown ; smoothish when 

 young, but becoming rough in old trees. The smaller 

 branches are smooth and dotted with white spots. 

 In its leaves and the color of the twigs it somewhat 

 resembles the garden cherry. The foliage and bark 

 are very aromatic and sweet-tasting. 



Found, from Newfoundland to Northern Delaware, west- 

 ward, and southward along the mountains. It is 

 very common in the northern forests. 



A tree thirty to sixty feet high, with many slender 

 branches. The wood is hard, fine-grained, and of a red- 

 dish tint. It is largely used for cabinet-work (sometimes 

 in place of the more valuable Black Cherry) and for fueL 



