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and is known under both names of Moose Wood and Striped 

 Maple. The former appellation was given to it by the early 

 settlers, who noticed that the moose, then abundant every- 

 where, fed upon the young branches during the latter part of 

 winter and spring. It is rare to find this Maple under culti- 

 vation. 



The Striped Maple (fig. 21,} never attains to large dimen- 

 sions, its average size, as seen by Michaux, being ten feet, 

 though he states that he found individual trees twice that 



THE STRIPED-BARKED MAPLE. 



stature. Mr. Emerson says twelve feet, though he measured 

 specimens among the Green Mountains east of Berkshire, 

 twenty-four feet high ; and there is a fine specimen in the 

 Cambridge Botanic Garden upwards of thirty feet. As it 

 usually constitutes the undergrowth of forests, it is rarely 

 seen in its true dimensions. 



It is one of the earliest trees in the country whose vegeta- 

 tion announces the approach of spring. The shoots are 

 smooth and green ; and the buds and leaves, as soon as they 

 begin to open, are rose-colored, and have a pleasing efi"ect, 



