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With all its shimmer and. 
glisten, and with all its sug¬ 
gestion of delicacy and fragile 
beauty, such a grove of young 
birches as this makes a 
sturdy, effective wind-break 
{Left) A natural growth of 
white birch seedlings {betida 
alba), because of its grace, 
airiness and varying color, cre¬ 
ates a superb setting for the 
green of the wild garden 
The river birch (betula nigra) 
is the black sheep of the birch 
family; ragged but interest¬ 
ing, erratic in its habits, and 
a partner in the {birch) beer 
industry 
The paper birch {betula 
papyrifera) is distinguished 
as the “farthest north ” of 
trees and as the provider, in 
both the practical and poetic 
sense, of canoe covering 
