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THE BIRD CHERRY. 



veins weave across it. The leaf-stalk, like the under-blade, is bright 

 green at first, but later in the season becomes tinged with purple, 

 and the leaf itself changes from the dark green of Midsummer to 

 yellow in the Autumn. 



PLAN OF 

 BIRD CHERRY 

 LEAF. 



THE BIRD CHERRY (Prunus Padus) 



Is common by the beck-sides and in the woods of the Wharfedale 

 district of Yorkshire and in the north of England generally. Its 

 beauty is sometimes spoilt and the whole tree made unsightly by 

 the cocoons of a species of caterpillar which infests it. 



