8 SYLVICULTURE. 



(2) Several buds clustered at tips of long shoots . 13. OAK. 

 (a) Twigs greyish -brown, furrowed, and hairless ; buds standing 



out from shoot, yellow-brown or chestnut-brown, smooth, 

 plump, and rounded at tips = PEDUNCULATE OAK. 

 (6) Twigs slightly hairy ; buds longer and more pointed than in 

 Pedunculate Oak, and bud-scales tipped and edged with 

 hairs = SESSILE OR DURMAST OAK. 



(3) Buds oval, and dark-brown .... 14. CHERRY. 



(4) Buds long, narrow-pointed, chestnut-brown, and resinous at 



tip ; twigs furrowed . . , . . 15. POPLAR. 

 (a) Bud-tips lying close to shoot = ASPEN. 

 (6) Bud-tips straight or pointing outwards = BLACK POPLAR. 



2. Bud-scales hairy all over, and buds plump and pointed ; young 



twigs covered with loose white cottony film ; older twigs 

 smooth, yellowish -grey . 16. ABELE OR WHITE POPLAR. 



3. Bud-scales dark-purple or black; buds long, pointed, and some- 



what downy near tip -. 17. ROWAN OR MOUNTAIN-ASH. 



4. Bud-scales yellowish ; buds long, pointed, and somewhat downy 



near tip . . . . 18. WHITEBEAM OR BEAM- TREE. 



5. Bud-scales green, with narrow brown edges, buds thick and round 



at top . . , . . . .19. SERVICE-TREE. 



IV. Buds hidden beloiv leaf -scar till near the time of opening in spring ; 

 2 small sharp thorns just above each leaf-scar ; shoots angular 



20. ROBINIA OR LOCUST-TREE. 



II. IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON BROAD-LEAVED TREES 

 FROM THEIR LEAVES. 



A. LEAVES OPPOSITE. 



1. Leaves unequally pinnate, with 7 to 11 ovate-lanceolate, toothed 



and almost sessile leaflets . . . . . . 1. ASH. 



2. Leaves long - stalked, palmately (digitately) divided, with 5 or 7 



almost sessile leaflets (usually 7) . . 2. HORSE-CHESTNUT. 



3. Leaves long-stalked, palmate, smooth, palmately veined and lobed, 



the 5 or 7 main veins converging to top of the long leaf-stalk 

 (MAPLE) : 



(1) Leaves with 5 main veins, and 5 unequally toothed and pointed 



lobes . ... 3. SYCAMORE OR SCOTS PLANE. 



(2) Leaves with 5 or 7 main veins, and sharp-pointed lobes with a 



few coarse acute teeth , 4. NORWAY MAPLE. 



