SMALL TREES, SHRUBS, AND COPPICE. 



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found scattered over a great portion of the country. 

 This tree appears to have been known to the country 

 people all over Europe, for in every nation it has its 



THE WHITE BEAN. 



own popular name. The white beam is simply the 

 " white tree," beam being the Saxon, as baum is now 

 the German word for "tree." In Germany this is 



