The trees challenge you

Ben Lorenz

You are asked: to choose.

[(Pseudotsuga Menziesii)
(Spindletree never escapes)
(THE SMOOTH WINTERBERRY)-
(one of our most attractive swamp shrubs)
(PAWPAW. PAPAYA.)
(Fruit with wings at right angles)
These are common English words but may not as yet be familiar to all who use this
guide. No strictly technical words are used.]

To choose.
II. (THE BROAD-LEAVED TREES) Choose.
(broad-flat) [Yes]
see figs 5,6,7 see pp. 16 and 31.
16:
A. Leaves opposite. [Yes] See Fig. 11. [Yes] See p. 17.
17:
A. LEAVES OPPOSITE [Yes]
1. Leaves simple, not composed of several leaflets. [Yes] See Fig.
13. [Yes] See below.
I. Leaves simple
-Leaves with large veins spreading from the
petiole. See Fig. 15. [Yes]

[(Pseudotsuga Menziesii)
(Spindletree often escapes)
(THE SMOOTH WINTERBERRY)-
(one of our most attractive swamp shrubs)
(PAWPAW. PAPAYA.)
(Fruit with wings at right angles)
If two or more people are engaged in the task there is sure to be an argument.][Yes]

-Leaves with large veins mostly spreading from

the middle vein. See Fig. 16. [Yes]
a. Leaf margin smooth (toothless) [No]
aa. Leaf margin toothed. See Fig. 16. [Yes]
Leaves ovate, obovate or rounded.
Viburnum, pp. 182, 246.
[(Pseudotsuga) (SMOOTH-WINTER) (escapes) [No]
182:
(Pawpaw) (at right angles) [No]
246:
A clean cut of a sharp knife.]
Leaves elliptical [Yes]
Leaves fine toothed, hairy
beneath. Burningbrush. p.
152.

152:
AMERICAN BLADDERNUT
[Yes]

A small, slender, often-four-sided-at,

Green, purple [Yes]
brownsmoothish, [Yes]
gray, oftenmottled,
Shallow try, ovate-
to elliptical. Minutely-toothed, 2-to [Yes]
5 inches-long,long-stemmed-deep, [Yes]
purple-nearly 1 [Yes]
half-inch-broad-four-lobed-drooping,
splitting, [Yes]
showing-scarlet- [Yes]

westerntosouthward, [No]
often-cultivated.

Your leaf is clearly global.

Choose:
WAHOO, BURNINGBUSH
(Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.)

You have become acquainted with your first tree.