. The Canadian forester's illustrated guide [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts et sylviculture. W^LDSTRATED GUIDE. 69 inches in length, and ripen in June, when they should be sown at once; and, therefore, if the seed must be boitght, it should be bought immediately after the crop is ripe. Rapid is the growth of this maple, and, conse- quently, the wood is brittle, of little value, and the tree soon dies ofl". Damp soils suit it, and sug^ar can be made. 45.—Acer dasycarpum—Silver-maple. from the sap, though it is not so sacchariferous as the sap of the true sugar-maple. Engraving No
. The Canadian forester's illustrated guide [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts et sylviculture. W^LDSTRATED GUIDE. 69 inches in length, and ripen in June, when they should be sown at once; and, therefore, if the seed must be boitght, it should be bought immediately after the crop is ripe. Rapid is the growth of this maple, and, conse- quently, the wood is brittle, of little value, and the tree soon dies ofl". Damp soils suit it, and sug^ar can be made. 45.—Acer dasycarpum—Silver-maple. from the sap, though it is not so sacchariferous as the sap of the true sugar-maple. Engraving No. 45 re- presents the silver-maple. Carpintfs Americana—Hornbeam. A tree of slow growth, and one that hardly ever exceeds twenty feet in height; so, I do not recommend its cultivation. Still it is worth mentioning here, as the fine and close grain of the wood makes it useful in cer- tain mechanical constructions, such as the teeth of cog*. 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 Chapais, J. C. (Jean Charles), 1850-1926. Montreal : E. Senécal
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