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It takes its name from the cinnamon or reddish color of the 
outer bark on the young trees ; when old it becomes rough, 
furrowed, and greenish. The leaves are light green on the 
upper surface, whitish beneath, very pointed at the end, 
and terminated at the base in an acute angle. The twigs 
are long, flexible, and pendulous ; and the limbs of a brown 
color, spotted with white. 
The European White birch. (B. alba) This species, 
the common birch tree of Europe, is intermediate in appear- 
ance and qualities between our Canoe birch and White 
birch. The latter it resembles in its foliage, the former in 
its large size and the excellence of its wood. There is a 
distinct variety of this, to which we have alluded, called 
the Weeping birch (Var. pendula), which is very rapid in 
its growth, and highly graceful in its form. From the great 
beauty of our native species, this is perhaps the only Euro- 
pean sort which it is very desirable to introduce into our 
collections. 
The Alder Tree. Alnus. 
Nat. Ord. Betulaceae. Lin. Syst. Monrecia, Tetrandria. 
The alder tree is a native of the whole of Europe, where 
it grows to the altitude of from thirty to sixty feet. Our 
common Black alder (A. glauca), and Hazel-leaved alder 
(A. serrulata), are low shrubs of little value or interest. 
This, however, is a neat tree, remarkable for its love of 
moist situations, and thriving best in places even too wet 
for the willows ; although it will also flourish on dry and 
elevated soils The leaves are roundish in form, wavy, and 
