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FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



also elements of beauty, never occurs to the many 



who see the beauty of an American elm (who could 



not ?), but who can not see the 



beauty of a wild 



black cherry. 



But the tree is 

 not only attractive 

 in figure ; both its 

 leaf and fruit de- 

 serve a share of our 

 attention. Notice 

 in my sketch the 

 vigorous way the 

 leaves seem to have 

 grown on the branch 

 of the younger tree ; 

 there is a bluntness to 

 their figure notwith- 

 standing the sharp tip, 

 and there is a certain 

 firmness of purpose in 

 the way each one spreads 

 itself out from the side 

 of the branchlet to catch 

 Black Cherry (young). the sun and rain ; the 



very teeth are finely and 

 firmly cut, and they are set close, as if to make a 



