BIRCH. — ALDER. 



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stituting the posts and rafters ; while the 

 boughs^ wattled together, make the walls. 

 His chests and boxes are of the same kind of 

 wattling : his spade, his plough, his cart, and 

 his harness, are all derived from the birch ; the 

 twisted withies of which, likewise furnish him 

 with cordage, more durable than hempen ropes. 

 In Glengarry, the wood of this tree is cut into 

 staves, with which herring barrels are made. 



The sap of the birch, I have been told, 

 makes excellent wine." 



THE ALDER. 



The Alder, you see, has rounder leaves 

 than the birch, and they feel a little clammy 

 to the fingers. It grows freely in almost every 



