. The book of woodcraft . Red-Bud or JudasTree (Cercis cana-densis) Small tree of bottomlands, rarely 50 feethigh; so called from itsabundant spring cropof tiny rosy blossoms,coming before theleaves, the latter 2 to6 inches broad. Ju-das tree because it blushed when Judas hanged himselfon it (Keeler.) Its wood is dark, coarse and heavy. 438 The Book of Woodcraft A cubic foot weighs 40 lbs. Md. to Iowa and south-ward. Sugar Maple, Rock Maple or Hard Maple(Acer saccharum) A large, splendid forest tree, 80 to 120 feet high; red inautumn. Wood hard, strong, tough and heavy but notdurable. A cubic

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. The book of woodcraft . Red-Bud or JudasTree (Cercis cana-densis) Small tree of bottomlands, rarely 50 feethigh; so called from itsabundant spring cropof tiny rosy blossoms,coming before theleaves, the latter 2 to6 inches broad. Ju-das tree because it blushed when Judas hanged himselfon it (Keeler.) Its wood is dark, coarse and heavy. 438 The Book of Woodcraft A cubic foot weighs 40 lbs. Md. to Iowa and south-ward. Sugar Maple, Rock Maple or Hard Maple(Acer saccharum) A large, splendid forest tree, 80 to 120 feet high; red inautumn. Wood hard, strong, tough and heavy but notdurable. A cubic foot weighs 43 lbs. It enjoys with Beech,Hickory, etc., the sad distinction of being a perfect to this it has been exterminated in some

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