98 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



LOCUST, 'RO'S'EX—Glcditschia triacanthos. 



This tree is found in rich woods in the south tier of counties, especially along 

 the rivers Raisin and Kalamazoo. The pods are often eight inches long, an 

 inch wide, and quite thin. The tree usually bears horrid branching thorns, but 

 sometimes no thorns are produced. It acquires a diameter of two or more feet. 

 It seems hardy, and if it were not for sprouting would be our most valuable 

 plant for hedge in the coldest parts of Michigan. Notwithstanding all its 

 faults, perhaps it is our best hedge plant. 



See cucumber-tree. 

 See ginkgo-tree. 



MAGNOLIA. 



MAIDENHAIR TREE. 



MAPLE, ASH-LEAVED. 



See box elder. 



MAPLE, BLACK— ^ccr saccharinum, var. nigrinn. 



This is apparently only a variety of sugar maple. The leaves are often 

 without a sinus at the base and are minutely downy beneath. The leaves are 

 broad dark and coarse. It is common in rich land. See a good specimen east 

 of Williams hall, also south and a little east of the house of Dr. Kedzie. The 

 tree is near the drive, and tlie one on either side of it by the drive is likewise 

 of this variety. 



MAPLE, NORWAY— ^Icer plalanoides. 



This is a handsome round headed tree, with broad, smooth, thin leaves. It 

 is as hardy as the well-known sugar maple. Its foliage is more dense, its 

 leaves appear earlier. The sap is milky, like that of the milk-weed and 

 dandelion. It comes from Europe. 



Two specimens can be seen southwest of College Hall, aud east of the chem- 

 ical laboratory. 



MAPLE, RED— ylcer rtihrum. 



This small tree thrives in wet woods. Tlie twigs are red, as also are the 

 flowers and fruit. In autumn its foliage is often gorgeous, some of the leaves 

 being scarlet, others deep green, and others with clear patches of green mixed 

 irregularly with those which are red. For autumn effect wo have uo tree 

 which can excel this maple. 



The wood of this tree, as of other maples, is often curly, or contains spots 

 called bird's eye. 



Specimens grow ou the bank southwest of tlie house of the President, also 

 in arboretum. 



MAPLE, ROCK, 



See sugar maple. 



MAPLE, SILVER— ^ce?" dasycarpum. 



The leaves are silver white beneath, and are more deeply cut-lobed than are 

 the two other species found about Lansing. 



It thrives along our river banks. It succors or sends out several trunks in 



