WHITE, OR COMMON BIRCH. 



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quality. Bet. papyracea is another handsome species, and 

 is the tree that affords the bark, of which the light canoes 

 in North America are constructed. Bet. nigra, or the Red 

 Birch of America, is another, but it appears to require a 

 warmer summer than our own to bring it to maturity. 

 Bet. lenta, from the superior quality of its wood, as well 

 as its rapid growth and ornamental properties, well de- 

 serves the attention of our planters, and being a native 

 of Canada, there is little doubt but that it would succeed 

 and attain its full dimensions in most parts of Britain. 



