. Elementary woodworking . THE maplp:s 81 often find a leaf larger, heavier, and coarser than anyof the others. This variety, like the Norway, is animportation from Europe, known as the sycamoi^e niajolebecause of its resemblance to the sycamore leaf. It iseasily identified by its large size, coarseness, the verylong, thick red stem, and by the fact that its entireedge is finely toothed,—inwhich point it differs fromall the foregoing value as a shade tree isnearly equal to the Norway,and in Europe it is oftenplanted in preference to allother maples. 38. The Striped
. Elementary woodworking . THE maplp:s 81 often find a leaf larger, heavier, and coarser than anyof the others. This variety, like the Norway, is animportation from Europe, known as the sycamoi^e niajolebecause of its resemblance to the sycamore leaf. It iseasily identified by its large size, coarseness, the verylong, thick red stem, and by the fact that its entireedge is finely toothed,—inwhich point it differs fromall the foregoing value as a shade tree isnearly equal to the Norway,and in Europe it is oftenplanted in preference to allother maples. 38. The Striped in the shade ofother trees and forming partof the undergrowth of ourNorth woods is a small treeknown as the striped maple,from the stripes which runup and down its bark. The New England name for thislittle mountain tree is , from the fact thatthe moose is very fond of the bark and twigs, whichform his chief food in winter. The leaves are quitelarge, but very thin, soft, and Fig. The Striped Maple, orMoosewood 82 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING 39. Maple Keys. The fruit, or seeds, of all the maplesare known as winged. The flat, thin part gives theseed a swirling motion as it drops from the tree. Thisis the way nature has of spreading the seed over alarge area so that more trees may be started in tree seeds are winged, but the maple seed orkey is so large and so common that every one mustat some time have noticed it. 40. The Ash-Leaved Maple. Theash-leaved maple is a leaf very com-mon in our parks. It has no resem-blance to other maple leaves, yet itbears the unmistakable maple key,— By their fruits ye shall knowthem. It is therefore a maple. The box elder, or ash-leaved maple,is interesting because it is our onlymaple having a compound leaf; thatis, a leaf stem with several distinct leaflets. Compoundleaves are very common (notice the hickory leaf and thehorse-chestnut), but not on maples, and our ash-leavedmaple is a curiosity. It delights in swampy p
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