. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. t'oWPER. gaCnftH', rsVi_- (f^^'^ ^^'^'^^ Maple or r ^ if^B Sycamore, vying in 1)) .LJ (^ point of magnitiulo, —, _=-— ieS^t^ia with the oak, the ash, -L and other trees of the first rank, presents a ' grand, unbroken mass of fohagc. It forms a IwaiUihil contrast in appropriate situations, and wh
. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. t'oWPER. gaCnftH', rsVi_- (f^^'^ ^^'^'^^ Maple or r ^ if^B Sycamore, vying in 1)) .LJ (^ point of magnitiulo, —, _=-— ieS^t^ia with the oak, the ash, -L and other trees of the first rank, presents a ' grand, unbroken mass of fohagc. It forms a IwaiUihil contrast in appropriate situations, and when judiciously grouped witli trees of a lighter and more airy character, it alTords an " impene- trable ; In favourable situations, it at- tan;s a height of seventy to one hundred feet and from three to six feet in diameter ; but ordi- narily, It grows only to one half of these dimen- sions. It is a tree of quick groAvth, with a smooth, ash-gray l)ark, and round, spreading branches. The bark of old trees, in peeling off frequently leaves patches on their trunks of vari- ous hues, in a similar manner as that of the llatanus The leaves on long foot-stalks arc four or Ave inches broad, pal- mate, with five acute variously serrated lobes; the middle one largest, pale^ or glaucous beneath. The flowers, which appetir in May and June ai'e green about the size of a currant-blossom, and di. posed into aJiUary, pe dulous,Tom:. li. ! 1. 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 Browne, D. J. (Daniel Jay), b. 1804. New York : Harper
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