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Knox (Ridgway) and (Thomas); Kosciusko (Clark) and (Coulter); 

 Marion (Wilson); Marshall (Hessler); Miami (Gorby); Monroe 

 Blatchley); Noble (Van Gorder); Posey (Schneck); Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal); Shelby (Ballard); Steuben (Bradner); Vigo (Blatchley); 

 Wayne (Petry and Markle). 



Additional records are : Montgomery (Evans) ; Putnam (Grimes) ; 

 Bartholomew, Decatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Lagrange, 

 Madison, Morgan, Owen, Posey, Putnam, Vermillion and Wells 

 (Deam). 



Economic uses. Wood light, soft, weak, creamy-white, close- 

 grained. Too rare and small to be of much economic value. 



Horticultural value. Adapted to a moist rich soil; grows rapidly; 

 easily transplanted; crown oval; leaf period short. The pale green 

 of the twigs makes it attractive in the winter condition. Fre- 

 quently used for ornamental and shade tree purposes. The tree is 

 subject to the attack of both fungous diseases and insects which 

 discourage its use. 



2. Acer riibrum Linnaeus. Soft Maple. Red Maple. Swamp 

 Maple. Plate 110. Bark on young trees and the branches smooth 

 and light gray, becoming on old trees dark gray and scaly; young 

 twigs smooth and reddish, becoming gray; leaves 3-5 lobed, 5-12 

 cm. (2-4^ inches) long, truncate or more or less cordate at the base, 

 the middle lobe longer than the others, its base with parallel or 

 with pyramidal sides, irregularly serrate or toothed, hairy when 

 young, glabrous above and more or less hairy beneath at maturity, 

 medium green above, whitish beneath; flowering period March or 

 April; flowers scarlet, red or rarely yellow, in dense clusters in the 

 axils of the leaves of the previous year, the staminate and pistillate 

 in separate clusters on the same or different trees; fruit on long 

 drooping pedicels, ripens in the spring or early summer, red or 

 scarlet, sometimes tinged with green, varying from 2-3.5 cm. (M-lJ^ 

 inches) in length, wings converging at first, divergent at maturity. 



Distribution. Quebec to Ontario south to Florida and west to 

 Iowa and Texas. Frequent to common in all parts of Indiana in 

 low wet soil, and in the southern part of the State it is as fre- 

 quently found on the slopes and tops of hills. Most abundant in 

 low ground bordering lakes and swamps. A medium to large 

 sized tree of rapid growth. 



The published records of the distribution are as follows: Cass 

 (Benedict and Elrod); Clark (Baird and Taylor) and (Smith); 

 Dearborn (Collins); Decatur (Ballard); Delaware (Phinney); Dela 



