. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the ISTorthekx States and Canada. 333 This beautiful trep wlicu growing in the forest attains the height of 100 or 120 ft. with trunk 3-5 ft. in diameter. When isolated from otlier trees it forms an ovoid top with many upright branches which, iiowever, after a time ^gradually incline outward and form a rounded or broad top. It thrives best in low bottom- lands, subject to occasional inundation, in company with various Willows, the Black Ash. River Birch, Red an
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the ISTorthekx States and Canada. 333 This beautiful trep wlicu growing in the forest attains the height of 100 or 120 ft. with trunk 3-5 ft. in diameter. When isolated from otlier trees it forms an ovoid top with many upright branches which, iiowever, after a time ^gradually incline outward and form a rounded or broad top. It thrives best in low bottom- lands, subject to occasional inundation, in company with various Willows, the Black Ash. River Birch, Red and Black Maples, Swamp White Oak, etc. In earlier days it lined the banks of most of the navigable streams of the interior of the eastern states, and early writers tell us that in it lay a large part of the charm <if their Its rapid growth and handsome incised leaves, which show suc- cessively their darK or white surfaces when fluttering in the wiuil. have long made it popu- lar for ornamental planting. Several nursery varieties have appeared. Sugar of excellent (|uality is made from its sap, though it requires more to make a pound than does that of the Sugar jSIaple. Its wood is strong, rather hard, easily worked, of very fine grain, and is used in the manufacture of furniture, etc. A cu. ft., when absolutely dry. weighs lbs. Curly Maple is occasionally produced by this Leaves deeply ."i-lobed with narrow sinuses and acuminate and iri-ognlarly coarsely dentate lobes, truncate or heart-sliaped at l)ase, 5-7 in. long, sreen above, silvery white and often pubescent lieneath; pale yellow in autumn ; pedicels long, slender and often red. Flowers in very early spring before the leaves, in dense sessile axillary fascicles, greenish yellow ; corolla none ; stamens 3-7; ovary pnljescent. Fruit ripening in May, the samaras large IVi-- prominently veined. 1. Syn. Acer dasycarpum Ehrh, 2. A. W., II, 26 and 26a. long, falcate, divergent,. Please note t
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