. Elementary woodworking . 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 st
. Elementary woodworking . 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 places, butgrows almost anywhere. It is a small tree, and its woodis not especially valuable except for making paper America has only nine varieties of maple, whileChina and Japan have more than thirty. Indeed, it is. Fig. 94. Maple Keys,a Common Form ofWinged Seeds THE MAPLES 83 to Japan, whose forests are largely made up of maples,that we are indebted for some of the most dainty andexquisite trees to be found. The Japan maples plantedso extensively on our lawns and in our parks have sucha variety of form and colorthat no written descriptioncan do them justice. Fig. 96will give some idea of their
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