TREES WHOSE PRODUCTS ARE 

 USEFUL SUBSTANCES 



Sugar Maples and Other Trees 



EVERYONE who had the good fortune to 

 be born in New England and to live in 

 the country will treasure among the most 

 pleasant reminiscences of his boyhood the recol- 

 lection of his first visit to a "sugar bush.'* 



The sweet sap drawn through a magic spigot 

 from a hole in the tree trunk; the boiling kettle 

 in which the sap was transformed into the most 

 delectable of syrups; the transformation of the 

 syrup into a wax of quite matchless flavor by 

 pouring it on the snow — these are things that 

 have no counterpart. They must be experienced 

 to be appreciated, and no one who has experi- 

 enced them is likely to forget them. 



To those who have not been privileged to visit 

 a sugar bush, the product of the maple is usually 

 known only in its ultimate crystallized form in 

 which it constitutes a brownish sugar of charac- 

 teristic and delectable flavor. And I regret to 



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