. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. COTTON-FRUITED MAPLE. 97 rding to Dr. 1 leaves, and r Canada, in those of the t of the Acer s winters of frees farther Hcghanies to lern parts of 3 multiplied tation more which flow low, which magnificent the leaves le alternate is wonder- lich," says )litude and ^ittsbnrg," ?hany and
. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. COTTON-FRUITED MAPLE. 97 rding to Dr. 1 leaves, and r Canada, in those of the t of the Acer s winters of frees farther Hcghanies to lern parts of 3 multiplied tation more which flow low, which magnificent the leaves le alternate is wonder- lich," says )litude and ^ittsbnrg," ?hany and 3en feet in 3 Wagner, , for orna- s at Kew, n of fifty '' Loudon, in seasoning, loses nearly half of its weight. It is sometimes used in cabinet- making, instead of the holly or other light-coloured wood, for inlaying furniture of mahogany, cherry tree, and black walnut; though it is less suitable for this purpose, as it soon changes colour by exposure to light. Wooden bowls are also made of it, when that of ash, or tulip-tree cannot be obtained. The charcoal of this wood is preferred by hatters and dyers to every other, as it affords a heat more uniform, and of longer duration. The sap is in motion earlier in this spe- cies than in the sugar maple, beginning to ascend, in the middle states, about the 15 th of January; so that, when it is employed for making sugar, the opera- tions are sooner completed. Like the sap of the red-flowered maple, it yields not more than one-half the product of sugar, from a given measure, as that of the Acer saccharinum. Its inner bark produces a black precipitate with copperas, (sulphate of iron,) and is sometimes employed in domestic dyeing. The Acer eriocarpum is highly prized as an ornamental tree, both in Europe and America, on account of the rapidity of its growth, the graceful, divergent direction of its branches, the beauty of its leaves, and the profusion of its early flowers. It is admirably adapted for overspreading artificial ponds, or
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