. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 236 NATlltAl. HiSTOKY SlKYKY BULLETIN oaks, hickories, ashes, Ehn, Wild I'hick Cherry, Mulherry, Hackberry, Kentucky Coffee Tree, Honey Locust, and Redbud. On the high moraines of \'erniiHon County, however, it is found especially with the White. Red, IMack. and Burr oaks, Beech, Syca- more, Sassafras, and several of the trees previously named. Besides the typical Sugar ^laple. two varieties are known to occur in niinois. The variety Rngclii Reh- der. in which the leaves have 3 long, pcinted. smooth-margined lobes, has been found in Rich
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 236 NATlltAl. HiSTOKY SlKYKY BULLETIN oaks, hickories, ashes, Ehn, Wild I'hick Cherry, Mulherry, Hackberry, Kentucky Coffee Tree, Honey Locust, and Redbud. On the high moraines of \'erniiHon County, however, it is found especially with the White. Red, IMack. and Burr oaks, Beech, Syca- more, Sassafras, and several of the trees previously named. Besides the typical Sugar ^laple. two varieties are known to occur in niinois. The variety Rngclii Reh- der. in which the leaves have 3 long, pcinted. smooth-margined lobes, has been found in Richland County by Robert Ridgway, in Wabash and Johnson counties by Jacob Schneck, in Jackson County by L. T. Cranwill, and in White County. The variety Schiicckii Rehder, wdiich is distin- guished from the typical Sugar Maple l)y the presence of hairs on the veins Fig. 96. Distribution of the Sugar beneath the leaf, has been found in ^^' ^' nine southern counties. Richland, Ed- wards, W'abash, Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Johnson, Pulaski, and Alexander. Neither of these varieties is, however, abundant; and the distinctions be- tween them and typical trees will not be made by the usual observer. Uses: The hard, fine-grained wood of the Sugar Maple is heavy and takes a beautiful polish, to the appearance of which a slight silver grain on the radial surface lends a distinctive touch. It is among the most use- ful and most valuable of our Illinois hardwoods. The uses to which it is put make a long hst and include furniture, flooring, boxes, crates, shoe parts (such as lasts, shanks, and pegs), farming implements, musical in- struments, wooden ware of many kinds, and laundry appliances, as well as wagon axels, too] handles, bobljins for cotton mills, trunks, toys, cut- ting blocks, slack cooperage, and veneers. Two very valuable types of lumber are derived from the Sugar Maple. Certain trees, in which the grain has become twisted and con- torted during growth, furnish the ornamental "
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