THE BIRCHES. 



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Paper, Canoe, or The splendid 

 White Birch, white-trunked 



£ePula pavyrifera. 



^ "' •! paper or canoe 

 birch, which universally goes 

 by the less specific name of 

 white birch, is so well known 

 through its useful and beau- 

 tiful paperlike bark that the 

 identification of the tree is de- 

 pendent on no 

 other means. But 

 lest it should be 

 confused with its 



near relative, the 



gray or white birch 



{B. popuUfoUa), I 



draw attention to 



certain differences. 

 UnKke the gray 



birch, the extreme- 

 ly white bark is 



scarcely marked with 



a distinct triangular 



brown patch, from the 

 ,top of which grows the 



branch; indeed, there is 

 hardly any brown at all 



Taper or Canoe Birch. 



