EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH (Betula alba, Linn.). The prin- 

 cipal fuel tree in many parts of northern Europe. Not seen 

 in America except in horticultural varieties, which are daintier 

 and far more beautiful than their commonplace parent. 



Cut-leaved White Birch is variety ladniata, a tall, graceful, 

 pyramidal tree, with small, shining, triangular leaves variously 

 lobed and cleft into narrow divisions; petioles slim, flexible, 

 giving the foliage mass the trembling habit of aspens. Bark 

 white, easily peeling horizontally, revealing dark under layers. 

 Care must be taken to prevent cutting or bruising of this thin 

 outer coating, one of the chief attractions of a fine park or 

 lawn specimen tree. 



Weeping White Birch is variety pendula, with long, slim, 

 flexible branches whose twigs sweep downward, and look like 

 those of the weeping willow. There are cut-leaved forms of 

 this variety, that add delicacy to the shining, tremulous foli- 

 age mass. Nurserymen readily supply these beautiful birches 

 which are easily grown in the cooler regions of the United 

 States. They are adapted to city and town use, for they 

 occupy little space, and bear the closest inspection, and they 

 have no bad habits, 



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