CANOE BIRCH. PAPER BIRCH. 



Betida ijapyrifera INFarsli.^ 



Big. 137. Branchlet with mature leaves and fruit and young staminate catkins, i ; broken cone 

 with scattered seeds and cone-scales, 2 ; branchlets in winter, one bearing young catkins for the 

 next season's flowers, 3. 



138. Trunk of tree in Adirondack region, N. Y. 



