. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . Great Maple—Acer pseudo-platanus. very beautifully curled and mottled. In the latterstate, as it takes a tine polish, and bears varnishingwell, it is much used for certain parts of musical in-struments. IMaple contains none of those hard par-ticles which are injurious to tools, and is thereforeemployed for cutting-boards; and not being apt towarp, either Avith variations of heat or of moisture, itis an eligible material for saddle-trees, wooden dishes,founders patterns, and many other articles both
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . Great Maple—Acer pseudo-platanus. very beautifully curled and mottled. In the latterstate, as it takes a tine polish, and bears varnishingwell, it is much used for certain parts of musical in-struments. IMaple contains none of those hard par-ticles which are injurious to tools, and is thereforeemployed for cutting-boards; and not being apt towarp, either Avith variations of heat or of moisture, itis an eligible material for saddle-trees, wooden dishes,founders patterns, and many other articles both offurniture and of machinery. Before the general in-troduction of pottei7 ware, it was the common mate-rial for bowls and platters of all sorts; and many arestill made of it. As the juice of the maple, both inthe leaves and in the tree, is s>>eet, it attracts num-bers of insects. At certain seasons, the wild beesand wasps may be seen about it in crowds; and ifthe timber be placed so that insects are allowed to Ill VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. ^1-^ mA, ,,m, ,.. Sugar Maple—Acer saccharinum. settle upon it, it is speedily attacked by the kept dry, and free from this attack, it will lasta considerable time; but exposed to humidity, it isone of the most perishable of trees. The maple forms a very pleasing; shade, from thelargeness of its leaves ; but the twisting of its branchesis injurious to its picturesque effect. The constantexcoriation of its bark produces a variety of hues,which give colour to any landscape in which the treeis introduced. The sugar maple grows plentifully in the UnitedStates; and from the sap of it the inhabitants makea considerable quantity of sugar, which, though in-ferior both in the grain and in strength to that whichis produced by the cane, granulates better thanthat of the beet-root, or any other vegetable, thecane excepted. The sugar maple is a smaller treethan the maple of this country; and it is not much inrepute as timber, althovigh fr
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