. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE WITCH HAZEL, SORREL TREE, ETC. 75. with large, corky ridges, and the twigs are some- what downy. The leaves also have simpler and straighter veins. The tree is generally ' fonnd oh river banks, and is distributed through northwestern New Hampshire, southern Ver- mont, and northern New York to southeastern Missouri, and the southwest as far as central Ten- nessee. Anoth- er elm closely resembKng the last is a small tree (40 to 50 feet high) called Wahoo, or winged elm (Ulmus alata). This variety is dis- tinguished by corky ridges on either side of
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE WITCH HAZEL, SORREL TREE, ETC. 75. with large, corky ridges, and the twigs are some- what downy. The leaves also have simpler and straighter veins. The tree is generally ' fonnd oh river banks, and is distributed through northwestern New Hampshire, southern Ver- mont, and northern New York to southeastern Missouri, and the southwest as far as central Ten- nessee. Anoth- er elm closely resembKng the last is a small tree (40 to 50 feet high) called Wahoo, or winged elm (Ulmus alata). This variety is dis- tinguished by corky ridges on either side of the branchlets, which are smooth, not downy. The leaf is very small (perhaps not over two inches long), downy beneath, thickish, and almost stemless. This species extends from southern Yirginia southward to western Florida, and southwestward to Indian Territory and Texas. Planer Tree or The water elm, or Planer tree, named Water Elm. for J. J. Planer, a German botanist, Planera aquaUca. ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ confused with the greater Wahoo or Winged Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York : D. Appleton
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