. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. 76 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. plane tree, frequently called buttonwood. This small tree, confined to wet banks beside ponds and rivers, is found in the valley of the Cape Fear Kiver, IST. C, in Kentucky, and in the South; westward it extends to southern Missouri. It rare- ly grows over 30 or 40 feet high, and has a small, dark- green leaf resembling that of the white elm, smooth above, and of a pale grayish-green color be- neath; the teeth are sometimes double. The fruit is a rough, leath- ery-skinned nut about a quarter of an inch in diameter,
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. 76 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. plane tree, frequently called buttonwood. This small tree, confined to wet banks beside ponds and rivers, is found in the valley of the Cape Fear Kiver, IST. C, in Kentucky, and in the South; westward it extends to southern Missouri. It rare- ly grows over 30 or 40 feet high, and has a small, dark- green leaf resembling that of the white elm, smooth above, and of a pale grayish-green color be- neath; the teeth are sometimes double. The fruit is a rough, leath- ery-skinned nut about a quarter of an inch in diameter, altogether different from the elm's fruit, which is always winged; it is ripe in September. The bark of the tree is apt to scale off like that of the buttonwood. Haokberry, or The hackberry, or sugarberry, usually Sugarberry. jg a small tree vdth the general ap- Cdtuooddentaiis. pg^raucc of an elm. It bears fruit about as large as bird-cherries, sweet to the taste, first yellowish and finally purplish red in color.* Its. Planer Tree. * In midwinter the berries are dark mahogany-red. A hand- some but small liaoUberry growing on a street in Cambridge,. 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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