BETTILACKLE.
Belula alba, var. populifolia. American White Birch. Northern and Northeastern United States. A small and slender graceful tree, fifteen to twenty-five high, growing from Maine to Pennsylvania, and sparsely on the great lakes.
B. papyracea. Canoe birch, Paper Birch. Northern and northeastern United States. A large and handedme tree, growiug to the height of seventy feet, and with a diameter of three feet. It is limited to the northern portions of the country, ranging from Maine to Wisconsin on the north ern border, and extending far northward into Canada. It has a brilliant white bark, from which Indians and traders construct canoes. The thin, external sheet of the bark forms the basis of a great variety of Indian fancy work. B. lutea. Yellow Birch. Northern and northeastern Unit ed States. This is a beautiful large tree,.growing in moist woods on our northern border. The wood is strong, fine-grained, and makes handsome furniture.
B. lenta. L. Cherry Birch; Black Birch. Northern and northeastern ['lifted States. This, like the preceding. is a large tree, chiefly of our northern borders, hut extending also along the Allegheny regi. n southward. The bark
and twigs are highly aromatic. The wood is of a rosy hue. fine-grained, and valuable for cabinet work and for timber.
B. nigra. L. River Birch; Red Birch. Eastern United States. This becomes a large tree in favorable situations. It is found along the banks of rivers from Eastern Massa chusetts southward to Florida, and westward to Ken tucky, Illinois, and Iowa. The wood is similar to that of the preceding.
B. occidentalls. Western Birch. Rocky Mountains. This species is a small tree, rarely over twenty-five feet high and six inches io diameter. It is found in the Rocky mountains, along streams; in Colorado, Utah, etc.
Alnus incana. Speckled Alder. Northeastern United States. A shrub, or small tree. growing along streams in New England, New York, and northward. Ohio particu lar value.
A. rhomb folks. California Alder. California.
A. Oregon. Oregon Alder. California and OregOil. On the Pacific coast, in California and Oregon. Often becom ing a large tree, sixty to eighty feet high, with a trunk two feet in diameter.