The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . ipeg;south to Georgia and Mississippi. Uses: Planted as an orna-mental for its foliage and fruit. Wood used for walking sticks,and for inlaying boxes, tabourettes and other fancy used as pipes to draw maple sap from the trees. This largest of Northern sumachs is constantly seen onrailroad embankments, in fence rows, and along the highwaysof wooded regions. In the summer its fern-like foliage coversall the ugliness of the most unsightly bank, and lifts among thegreen i
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . ipeg;south to Georgia and Mississippi. Uses: Planted as an orna-mental for its foliage and fruit. Wood used for walking sticks,and for inlaying boxes, tabourettes and other fancy used as pipes to draw maple sap from the trees. This largest of Northern sumachs is constantly seen onrailroad embankments, in fence rows, and along the highwaysof wooded regions. In the summer its fern-like foliage coversall the ugliness of the most unsightly bank, and lifts among thegreen its fine clusters of ruddy or pink blossoms. In the fallthese are lost sight of amid the glory of the leaves, which turnto all shades of orange and purple and red. For weeks theyflame and glow in the soft autumn sunshine, then fade and fall,and the bare antlered branches, like candelabra, hold aloft thepointed red fruit clusters which burn on with gradual abatementto the middle of winter. The glory of the staghorn sumachs colouring makes it oneof the most desirable of ornamental trees for fall and winter 356. THE STAGHORN SUMACH (Rhus hirta) Foliage, fruit, and all the younger branches of this much-forked sumach tree, are densely clothed with stiff hairs. Thepetioles dilate at the base, and their detachment leaves a circular scar. The winter bud is capped by this conical leaf base,and it never sees the light until the leaf falls. The foliage turns to vivid red in autumn. The fruits persist late into thewinter, after the leaves have fallen. The species is an admirable cover for rocky slopes
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