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VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



maple is one of the most highly ornamental of the smaller trees, and 

 worthy of more general cultivation. 



striped maple (moosewood, striped dogwood). Acer Pennsylvanicum Linn. 



The striped maple is a small 

 tree or shrub which forms a 

 familiar part of the under 

 growth of our forests, and is a 

 common roadside bush in all 

 parts of the state. It is easily 

 distinguished by its greenish 

 bark striped longitudinally 

 with darker lines. The leaves, 

 the largest of the maples, are 

 usually from five to seven inches 

 long and four or five inches 

 wide. Its drooping clusters of 

 greenish flowers unfold by the 

 middle of June when the 

 leaves are nearly grown. The 

 /j/ fruits are abundant and turn a 



beautiful scarlet towards au- 

 tumn. This maple rarely ex- 

 ceeds a height of twenty feet. 



It has also a distinct value for ornamental planting, especially in groups 



or borders. 



sugar maple (hard maple, rock maple) Acer barbatum Michx., A. sacchar- 



inum Wang. 



The sugar maple is at home every- 

 where in Vermont but it thrives best 

 on the cool, rocky uplands of our 

 state. It can be distinguished by its 

 light gray bark which has large, 

 white patches on the younger 

 branches or by its broad, five-lobed 

 leaves which have shallow, rounded 

 sinuses. The small, inconspicuous 

 flowers of the sugar maple appear 

 with the leaves but the fruit does not 

 ripen until late summer. This tree is 

 widely distributed in North America 

 but the fame of its sugar- bearing sap 

 has mainly spread from Vermont. 



striped maple. 



Leaf and fruit, X y 3 . 



SUGAR MAPLE. 

 Leaf and fruit, X y h . 



