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to show us his underwear, which thus at once 

 becomes overcoat, as he goes on. At first 

 greenish, the under bark thus exposed be- 

 comes creamy white, mostly; and I have had a 

 conceit that the colder the winter, the whiter 

 would be those portions of Mr. Buttonball's 

 pajamas he cared to expose to us the next 

 spring! 



The leaves of the sycamore are good to look 

 at, and efficient against the sun. The color 

 above is not as clear and sharp as that of the 

 maple; underneath the leaves are whitish, and 

 soft, or "pubescent," as the botanical term goes. 

 Quite rakishly pointed are the tips, and the 

 whole effect, in connection with the balls, — 

 which are first crowded clusters of flowers, and 

 then just as crowded clusters of seeds — is that 



Button-balls- 

 fruit of the sycamore 



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