10 FOREST-TREES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



in Georgia and Florida, also in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are 

 smaller than those of the next species, but, like that, the black hard nuts 

 of the berries are sometimes strung for beads and crosses. 



No. 52. tSapindus Saponaria, L. White Wood. South Florida. This 

 species was found by Dr. Chapman in South Florida. In the W T est In- 

 dies, the berries and the roots are used as a substitute for soap. The 

 berries are also used to intoxicate fish. 



No. 53. Hypelate paniculata, Don. Madeira Wood. South Florida. 

 A small tree found in South Florida. The wood is very like mahogany, 

 and is highly valued. 



No. 54. Acer saccharinum, Wang. Sugar Maple; Hard Maple. East- 

 ern United States. The well-known Sugar Maple, from the sap of which 

 in the Northern States and in Canada large quantities of sugar and sirup 

 are made annually. It is one of the noblest of American trees, both for 

 the value of its wood and the beauty of its form and foliage. It is much 

 employed as an ornamental tree. 



No. 55. Acer saccliarinum, Wang., var. nigrum^ Gr. Black Sugar 

 Maple. Eastern United States. This variety differs little from the 

 common form except in a darker wood. 



No. 56. Acer dascycarpum, Ehrh. Silver-leaf Maple. Eastern United 

 States. One of the most beautiful of maples; much used as a shade- 

 tree on account of its rapid growth and beautiful foliage. 



No. 57. Acer rubrum, L. Bed Maple. Eastern United States. More 

 compact in form and less rapid in growth than the preceding, but, like 

 it, a favorite for street- planting and ornament. 



No. 58. Acer Pennsylvanicum, L. Striped-bark Maple. Northeastern 

 United States. A small tree, the young bark with longitudinal stripes 

 of green and black. Bare and little known outside of the Northeastern 

 States. 



No. 59. Acer macrophyllum, Pursh. Oregon Maple. California and 

 Oregon. This occurs in the mountainous districts of California and 

 Oregon. In Oregon, it attains a large size, and the wood abounds in that 

 peculiarity of grain which is called Bird's eye and Curled Maple. For 

 cabinet purposes, it is thought to be equal to mahogany. 



No. 60. Acer circinatum, Pursh. Vine Maple. Oregon and Washing- 

 ton Territory. This species has a low and frequently reclining or pros- 

 trate trunk, which sends forth branches, at first upright, then bending 

 down to the ground, and forming almost impenetrable thickets. 



No. 61. Acer grandidentatum, Nutt. Great-toothed Maple. California 

 and Oregon. A small tree or shrub of the Eocky Mountains. 



No. 62. Negundo aceroides, Moench. Box Elder. Eastern United 

 States. This is a fine ornamental tree, of rapid growth, not commonly 

 growing more than 20 to 30 feet high It is rare east of the Allegha- 

 nies, but found along all the rivers of the West, reaching into Kansas, 

 Missouri, and Nebraska, and even northward into Minnesota and the 

 British possessions. The sap contains a large amount of sugar. The 

 wood is fine and close-grained, and has been used in cabinet-work. 



No. 63. Negundo Californica, T. & G. California Box Elder. Cali- 

 fornia. This species is confined to the Pacific coast. It does not seem 

 to differ greatly from the preceding species. 



No. 64. Staphylea trifoliata, L. Bladder Tree. Eastern United States. 

 A large shrub or small tree 10 to 15 feet high, with trifoliate leaves and 

 peculiar 3-lobed bladdery pods. 



ANACARDIACE^E. 



No. 65. Rhus typhina, L. Staghorn Sumac. Eastern United States. 

 The Sumacs are large shrubs or small trees, mostly with pinnate leaves.. 



