240 FAMILtAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



toothed. The fruit ripens in early summer, and hangs 

 in graceful yellowish -green clusters from six to eight 



inches long. The newer twigs are 



a beautiful pea 

 green. 



This tree is 

 found from 

 the Winooski 

 River, Yt., 

 and the Ver- 

 mont shore of 

 Lake Champlain to 

 Cayuga Lake, N. Y. 

 Southward it extends 

 through eastern Penn- 

 sylvania to Florida, 

 and westward to the 

 Rocky Mountains in 

 Montana, the Wah- 

 satch Mountains in 

 Utah, and western Texas. 

 The ash-leaved maple is a handsome, rapidly grow- 

 ing tree with wide-spreading branches, which some- 

 times reaches a height of 70 feet ; usually it is 

 from 30 to 50 feet high. The foliage is deep green 

 and very ornamental. It is said to be not long- 

 lived, as it arrives at maturity in fifteen or twenty 



Ash-leaved Maple. 



