42 THE CANADIAN FORESTER's 



this tree.- Engraving No. 9, p. 40, shows the seed of the 

 Mountain-maple. 



Betula-exceha — Yellow-birch. . Betula-lenta — Black-birch. 

 Betula-nigra — Red-birch. Betula-papyrifera— Canoe- 

 birch. Betula-populifolia — Poplar-leaved-birch. 



Almost all the birches haying "the same characteristics 

 as regards their cultiyation, I proceed to give a 



1 1 — ■Yellow-birch, leaves, branch and catkin. 



description which will serve for all the above-named 



