FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



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eighths inch to 1& inches long; the inlnjtite. gauzy-winged seeds (nuts) minutely 

 hairy at. the top end (fig. 114, b). 



Fin. 114. — Betula fontinalie: n, fruiting twig; 1>. seed, twice natural size; c, ooue Bcale, 



twice natural size. 



Wood, light yellowish brown, with a very thick layer of whitish sapwood. 

 Similar in quality to that of the eastern, brown-wooded timber birches. Owing 



