WHITE BIRCH. GRAY BIRCH. OLD-FIELD BIRCH. 



Betula populifolia Marsh. 



Fig. 134. Branchlets with mature leaves and fruit, the one to the right bearing also young 

 staminate anient, i ; broken cone with scattered cone-scales and seeds, 2 ; vigorous leafy shoot, 3 : 

 branchiet with leaf-buds and young aments in winter, 4 ; do, with flower-buds only, 5. 



135. Cluster of trunks, near Albany, N. Y. 



136. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



