; 9 2 



THE WHITEBEAM. 



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THE FRUIT 



(The Natural Size). 



scales still cling to the base of the stalks, bearing traces in their brown 

 tips of the winter's exposure. The whiteness of the upper leaf surface 

 is soon changed for a summer habit of dark shining green, which 

 grows yellow at the touch of autumn, while the lower surface becomes 

 faintly tinged with green. The fully-developed leaf lies horizontally, or 

 is inclined upwards : the edges of the blade are usually turned up, or 

 the whole curved from base to tip. In substance it is thick and coarse, 

 and puckered by many prominent veins. The leaf-stalk measures from 

 one to two inches in length. 



