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NATURE STUDY. 



DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS * OF COMMON TREES. 



The trees named and illustrated include the most common 

 and typical trees in northern and eastern United States. 



American Mm. (See Fig. 58.) Vase shaped or parasol or 

 umbrella shaped. Trunk divides into two branches, and 



From Mathews's " *amiliar Trees and tlieir Leaves." 

 Copynjrht, 1896, tn- D. Applpton & Co. 



Fig. 59. Leaves of American or White Elm. 



each branch forks or bifurcates (usually) several times. 

 Bark rough on trunk and branches, smooth on twigs. 

 Twigs, buds, and leaves alternating in two rows along 

 opposite sides of branch (alternate, two-ranked). Leaves 

 as in Fig. 59. 



1 These are the characteristics of mature trees standing where they have 

 had room to develop normally. Young trees, and trees crowded together, may 

 not show the same outline or general plan of branching. 



