. The book of woodcraft . 436 The Book of Woodcraft Sweet Gum, Star-Leaved or Red Gum, Bilsted, Alli-gator Tree or Liquidambar {Liquidambar Styraciflua) A tall tree up to 150 feet high of low, moist woods, re-markable for the corky ridges on its bark, and the unsplit-able nature, of its weak, warping, perishable Heart-wood reddish brown, sap white; heavy, weighing37 lbs. to cubic foot. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long. Mass. toMo. and south to Gulf. Sycamore, Plane Tree, Buttonball or Buttonwood {Plataniis occidentalis) One of the largest of our trees; up to 140 feet high; com-monly hollow.

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. The book of woodcraft . 436 The Book of Woodcraft Sweet Gum, Star-Leaved or Red Gum, Bilsted, Alli-gator Tree or Liquidambar {Liquidambar Styraciflua) A tall tree up to 150 feet high of low, moist woods, re-markable for the corky ridges on its bark, and the unsplit-able nature, of its weak, warping, perishable Heart-wood reddish brown, sap white; heavy, weighing37 lbs. to cubic foot. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long. Mass. toMo. and south to Gulf. Sycamore, Plane Tree, Buttonball or Buttonwood {Plataniis occidentalis) One of the largest of our trees; up to 140 feet high; com-monly hollow. Wood, Ught brownish, weak; hard to spht;heavy for its strength. A cubic foot weighs 35 lbs. Little Forestry 437 use for weather work. Famous for shedding its bark aswell as its leaves. Leaves 4 to 9 inches long. Canada tothe Gulf.

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