THE MAPLES 



from New Brunswick to Florida, and it is 



frequently planted in cities and towns. 



_ A . , ,, , A small tree, with smooth green 

 Striped Maple; s 



Moosewood shoots and a light green bark 



Acer pennsylvanicum striped with white. The kaf~ 



scars are opposite, and encircle the stem, and 

 are conspicuously ridged, with two raised lines 

 above. Smooth bud-scales, silver white leaves 

 folded within the bud. 



The moosewood is a beautiful little tree at 

 all times, but in winter when its large leaves 

 have fallen and the wonderful coloring of its 

 trunk and stems is no longer concealed by 

 foliage, one can fully appreciate its color, deli- 

 cate branches and smooth stems. The trunk 

 is an exquisite shade of green, smooth, with 

 occasional stripes of white, and the stems and 

 buds are also smooth and a rich rose in 

 color. 



This tree is too small for practical use, but 

 its aesthetic qualities should cause it to be 

 more generally planted in our parks and 

 gardens than it is. 



The name moosewood was given to it by 

 the country people in Maine, as the moose in 

 the woods invariably strip it for the sweet 

 juice in the tender young shoots in winter, 

 when there is little for them to eat. 



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