41, 
THE BIROH. 
Betula alba. 
Puate 5, Fie. 8. 
or by its girth of stem, the Birch 
is, nevertheless, endowed with a 
gracefulness possessed in the same 
degree by few of our woodland 
Trees. Its stem does not exceed 
1) four or five feet in circumference, nor is 
= ji this Tree usually found rising higher than 
fifty or sixty feet. But its charm—nay, 
its use, for there is use in beauty—is found in its 
delightful foliage. It is not a very enduring Tree 
—as life is estimated amongst Trees—for it 
