. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. ; heavy, hard, r shiiif^lL's and -;l>t 111 cu. ft., hill incli long. X inches \ung, base, acute or margins, sonie- e liiid invohite, tonicntiiin bc- .ureen, sniootii )r ])ale brown, cliow, <^rooved 1 autumn they neatli, midribs I stout, liairy, bout one-iiaif lialf //,7/i'.r. A tree seventy to eighty feet high, nmging from southern New York .along the inland plain to Florida, is also found in the south- western states. Hybridizes easily. /A?;-/-.—I'alc red
. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. ; heavy, hard, r shiiif^lL's and -;l>t 111 cu. ft., hill incli long. X inches \ung, base, acute or margins, sonie- e liiid invohite, tonicntiiin bc- .ureen, sniootii )r ])ale brown, cliow, <^rooved 1 autumn they neatli, midribs I stout, liairy, bout one-iiaif lialf //,7/i'.r. A tree seventy to eighty feet high, nmging from southern New York .along the inland plain to Florida, is also found in the south- western states. Hybridizes easily. /A?;-/-.—I'alc reddish brown, stem of young tree smooth, that of old trees covered with shallow lissures and scalv. I'.randilels slender, smooth, reddish brown, Liter dark Ijrowu or'grayish brown. \\'ood. — V\.\\Ki reddish brown. sai)wood ; heavy, strong, coarse-grained. Occasionallv used in construction. .So "r ' o 7a7-'"'' weight of cu. ft., lbs. '''^'~ ' ll'i/t/tf Jhids. -Hrown, ovate, acute, one-eighth of an inch long. /.(Vr7VJ.—Alternate, linear, oblong, narrowed at both ends, some- times falcate, two to hve inches long, one-half to one inch wide, wedge-shaped at base, entire or slightly at margin, sharply acme at apex. They come out of the bud involute, I'lah' yellow green, sliming above, with jiale douii beneath'; when full ^rown are light green, smooth and shining above, paler green below ; niiihabs yellow, rounded abo\e, veins obscure. In autumii they turn pale yellow and fall late. Petioles stout, and grooved, stipules caducous. /•Vt'w^—May. when leaves are small. Staminate flowers borne in hairy slender aments two to three inches long. CaKx yellow, hairy, divided into four to tl\e .icute lobes. Stamens four to ti\e ; anthers oblong, yel- low. Pistillate ihiwers are borne on short, smooth peduncles. scales are brown, hairy, as long as the calyx lobes; stigmas bright red', re- llexed. ^/cv';v/j.—\ot abundant. Rip
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