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128. ACER SACCHARINUM. (Wangenheim.; 



Sugar Maple. Sugar Tree. Hard Maple. Rock Maple. 



Grows from fifty to eighty feet or more in height, and two to three 

 feet in diameter. One of our most rapid-growing and valuable 

 trees. Makes an excellent fuel. Wood heavy, hard, strong, tough, 

 close grained, susceptible of a good polish. Used in the manufac- 

 ture of furniture, shoe lasts and pegs, saddletrees, for interior finish 

 and flooring. Maple sugar is principally made from this species. 

 The ashes of the wood, rich in alkali, yield large quantities of pot- 

 ash. Specific gravity, 0.6912; ash, 0.36. 



12P. ACER PENNSYLVANICUM. (Linn.) 



Striped Maple. Moose Wood. Striped Dogwood. 

 Goose-foot Maple. 



A small tree, with light green bark, striped with darker lines. 

 Wood light, soft, close-grained, satiny. Sometimes cultivated as 

 an ornamental tree. Specific gravity, 0.5299; ash, 0.36. 



180. ACER SPICATUM. (Lamarck.) 



Mountain Maple. 



Grows from six to ten feet high, but more often a shrub. Grows 

 in rocky places. Color of wood, light brown tinged with red. 

 Wood light, soft, close grained. Specific gravity, 0.5330; ash, 

 0-43- 



XXVII. ANACARDIACE^. The Sumac Family. 



181. RHUS TYPHINA. (Linn.) 



Staghorn Sumach. 



A common, low shrub, but sometimes a tree from ten to twenty 

 feet high. This is the largest and handsomest species of this genus. 

 Wood orange-colored, brittle, soft, .satiny, susceptible of a good 

 polish. Used for inlaying cabinet work. Bark and leaves astrin- 

 gent, rich in tannin. Used medicinally and as a dye, and in dress- 

 ing skins. Flowers in June. Fruit in September and October. 

 Specific gravity, 0.4357 ; ash, 0.50. 



