THE ALDER AND THE HAZEL 



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scars on the stalk of an Alder hud. The 

 leaf-scars at the base of the bud-stalks 

 of the Alder are heart-shaped (sometimes 



shining green, and when young are some- 

 what sticky. The margin is cut into 

 irregular teeth. The midrib passes direct 

 to the ape.x, with ti\e to seven pairs of 

 side ribs to the margin. 



The pollen-bearing and fruit-producing 

 flowers are separate, but grow on the same 



YOUNG CATKINS AND OPEN CONES OF ALDER 

 TWIG IN WINTER. 



rhomboid), and show from three to five 

 leaf-traces. 



The leavcsi are rounded, tending to eg^ 



ALDER LEAVES. 



or heart shape, with broad, often deep- 

 ly notched apex. They are of a deep 



TWIG AND RESTING BUD (ENLARGED) OF 

 ALDER. 



tree. As already stated, they may be 

 found, in their preliminary stages, in the 

 ])receding autunm. and are exposed all 

 through the winter. Till I-Vbiuary they 

 are stiff cvlinders. richh* coloured, brown 



