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Where is the boy who does not know the Horsechestnut 
tpage 9)? 
The Spindle Tree* (page 10) is to be readily distinguished, 
especially by its fruit, from the Buckthorn* (page 12). They are 
both shrubs rather than trees. 
The Holly* (page 11) and Hawthorn* (page t 3 ) are too well, 
known to require remark, as are the yellow drooping flower- 
clusters of the Laburnum (page 13). 
The flowers of the Locust Tree (page 14) are pea-shaped like 
the Laburnum, but white. 
There is no more beautiful sight in Nature than the Black- 
thorn or Sloe* (page 15) in full bloom in spring. The white 
starry clusters appear before the leaf-buds, and are a joy to look 
upon. 
We have photographed the flower of the Wild Cherry or Gean* 
(page 16), the fruit being too familiar to require illustration. The 
illustrations of it and the Bird Cherry* (page 17) bring out very 
clearly the differences between the two trees. The flower of the 
latter has a very heavy smell ; the fruit is a small blackish berry. 
The Medlar (page 19) may be easily identified from the 
photograph given. 
The Wild Pear* (page 20) and Crab-Apple* (page 21), it is 
sufficient to mention ; the branches of the former are more or less 
spiny. 
The White Beam* (page 22) is not so well-known as might be 
expected from its abundance. In its short flowering-season its 
clusters of white flowers give it a showy appearance, while its 
red fruit makes it a very ornamental tree later on. We give two 
common forms of its very variable leaf. 
The flower and fruit of the Wild Service* (page 23) resemble 
those of the White Beam, but the leaf is not unlike that of the 
Maples. 
Tbe Mountain Ash or Rowan* (page 24) is one of those trees 
that are universally familiar. 
The True Service (page 25) closely resembles, but is of course, 
not nearly so common as, the Rowan. Its leaflets are broader than 
those of the former tree and downy on the under surface, while the 
fruit is four times the size of the berries of the Rowan. The upper 
surface of the leaflets of the True Service are convex, of the Rowan 
slightly concave. 
The Elder Tree* (page 26), Wayfaring Tree* (page 27), 
Guelder Rose* (page 28), are too characteristic in appearance to 
be readily confounded with others. 
The fine photograph we give of the Ash* (page 29) is unmistak- 
able. Tbe leaves of the Ash are very late in appearing. Tennyson 
says : “ Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when 
all the woods are green.’’ 
