. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. , '^v•ri^ FOA'EST TKEES. •97 Europe, dicates a Liction of ;round it rounded ly strong f vigorous one. e air with attraction :om which jass notes Basswood he axils of nd, rough is a large hen ripe, ion some wanderer grow and wood is a ight, white first rate orks ; the Hurlburt, X is used oemakers, ed in the ubic foot ig, but the ess after a ine, Cedar preferable The green unseasoned Basswood hums badly, and when (juite dry too rapidly to be profitable for fuel; but if it
. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. , '^v•ri^ FOA'EST TKEES. •97 Europe, dicates a Liction of ;round it rounded ly strong f vigorous one. e air with attraction :om which jass notes Basswood he axils of nd, rough is a large hen ripe, ion some wanderer grow and wood is a ight, white first rate orks ; the Hurlburt, X is used oemakers, ed in the ubic foot ig, but the ess after a ine, Cedar preferable The green unseasoned Basswood hums badly, and when (juite dry too rapidly to be profitable for fuel; but if it has its bad cjualities, it has far more valuable ones to balance them. The inner bark of the tree abounds in bast cells and the fibrous bark is used for mats, the Indians braid it into flexible ropes for various purposes ; they use the inner bark largely in their simple basket work, and have great faith in the healing ([ualities of the leaves and bark—in scrofulous swellings and other ulcers. The cattle eat the shoots and tender brandies, in the early Spring time, when green fodder is not accessible : and later the large tender green leaves in the forest and sprouts thrown ui) at the root of the stump, form a favourite repast. In remote, newly cleared forest lands, before grass and straw can be raised for the support of the oxen and cows, the beasts live chiefly on freshly cut branches of the Maple and Basswood, or " browse " as the settlers term such food for the cattle. The average height of a full grown .\merican Basswood is from loo to 120 feet, with an average height from the root to the first limbs of 60 to 70 feet, and a diameter of 25 to 40 inches or more. The Basswood is found all over the Province of Ontario ; west- ward, and eastward through (Quebec. Its range extends to tlie Lake of the Woods, and it is found more dwarfed in stature, as far northward as I-ake Winnipeg, and Norway House. It also occurs in the Valley of the Assinaboine, as ascertained
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