. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE SUMACH, WALNUTS, HICKORIES, ETC. 225 sparse, its rough, gray limbs are scraggy, and its figure lacks symmetry. It grows from 30 to 50 and occasionally 100 feet high. In the pasture lands among the hills of E"ew Hampshire it fre- quently attains a tall, broad, and imposing figure, which is often unfortunately marred by gaunt, dead branches. The compound leaves are composed of from nine to seventeen leaflets, which are rather un- evenly toothed and fuzzy - stemmed ; the base of the stem is conspicuously horse- hoof-shaped. In the early part of
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE SUMACH, WALNUTS, HICKORIES, ETC. 225 sparse, its rough, gray limbs are scraggy, and its figure lacks symmetry. It grows from 30 to 50 and occasionally 100 feet high. In the pasture lands among the hills of E"ew Hampshire it fre- quently attains a tall, broad, and imposing figure, which is often unfortunately marred by gaunt, dead branches. The compound leaves are composed of from nine to seventeen leaflets, which are rather un- evenly toothed and fuzzy - stemmed ; the base of the stem is conspicuously horse- hoof-shaped. In the early part of the season the, branchlets are very fuzzy and sticky. The fruit, two to three inches long, is at first downy, green, and Butternut, sticky; on being bruised it stains the fingers a deep yellow,. The nut. 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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