THE RED BIRCH {Betula nigra) 

 This tree blossoms in March, before the leaves, and its winged seeds are falling in June from the erect, oblong cones. The 

 trees are pyramidal, with many drooping, horizontal branches. The bark of limbs and old twigs frays into ribbons. Through- 

 out, its colour is red. The glossy foliage turns to yellow before falling 



