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pendent in habit, but they have entire, or nearly entire, 

 leaves. The typical form and leaf of this handsome 

 yariety are shown in Fig. 91. 



East of the lakes the canoe-birch (Betula papy raced) 9 



FIG. 91. Cut-leaved weeping-birch. (After Maynard.) 



the European birch (B. alba), and the sweet birch 

 (B. lento) are planted to some extent on lawns and in 

 parks, but since the advent of the beautiful cut-leaved 



