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AMERICAN FOREST TREES 



inches. Its leaves are long-pointed, its cones about an inch in length, the bark is 

 thin, white tinged with rose, and is lustrous. Bark is not easily separated into layers, 

 in that respect differing from the paper birch. The inner bark is of light orange color. 

 It is probably put to no use, unless for fuel or as hoops. It is smallest of New England 

 birches, and its range has not been fully determined, but it is known to grow in Maine 

 and Vermont, and probably will be found in other parts of New England and in the 

 adjacent regions of Canada. It has been compared with a European species of birch, 

 the Betula pendula. 



