Show Birch Bark The bark of ot the yellow ellow birch can be compared with nothing else The tree Is unique among trees The yellow birch often better better- called the sliver birch has a bark more tinsel like than that of ot any other tree It seems seem to have been made for campers to admire admire ad ad- mire or perhaps In an emergency y to use to kindle the camp fire But do donot donot donot not allow the appreciation of ot the useful useful useful use use- ful to overcome your appreciation of ot the beautiful It is true that the bark may thus be used for kindling and It ItIs ItIs itis Is also pr probably bably true that the removal of ot the loose bark does not Injure the tree but such removal Injures the beauty of ot the tree as ns you then deprive deprive de do- pride It of its chief characteristic The manner In Sn which the bark breaks on the main main trunk trunk expands and rolls back In ribbon-like ribbon curls and strips which long remain attached and rustle in every passing breeze could not fall fail to elicit the admiration of every lover of ot the forest It Is noticeable that on old trunks th the character of the bark Is different as g- g Were there it is roughened by Irregular plate plate lIke scales Boys Boys' Boys Boys' Life |