144 TREES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



ami its rapid growth make it a favorite ornamental tree, h 

 attains its finrsi development when planted by fche margiii of 



pond or stream where its roots Can reach water, bill it gTOW8 



well in any good soil. Easily transplanted, and more readil\ 



obtainable at a low price than any other tree in genera] use 

 for street or ornamental purposes. The branches are easily 

 broken by wind and ice, and the roots fill the ground for a 

 long distance and exhaust its fertility. 



Plate LXXII. Acer sacchakinum. 



1. Leaf-buds. 



2. Flower-buds. 



3. Branch with sterile flowers. 



4. Branch with fertile flowers. 



5. Branch with sterile and fertile flowers. 

 (>. Sterile flower. 



7. Fertile flower. 



8. Perfect flower. 



9. Fruiting branch. 



Acer Saccharum, Marsh. 



Acer saccJiarinum, Wang. Acer barbatum, Michx. 



Rock Maple. Sugar Maple. Hard Maple. 



Sugar Tree. 



Habitat and Range. Rich woods and. cool, rocky slopes. 

 Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, westward to Lake of the Woods 



New England, abundant, distributed throughout the 

 woods, often forming in the northern portions extensive up- 

 land forests ; attaining great size in the mountainous portions 

 of New Hampshire and Vermont, and in the Connecticut river 

 valley ; less frequent toward the seacoast. 



South to the Gulf states; west to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, 

 and Texas. 



Habit. A noble tree, 50-90 feet in height ; trunk 2-5 feet 

 in diameter, stout, erect, throwing out its primary branches 



