TREES WHOSE PRODUCTS 
ARE 
USEFUL SUBSTANCES 
FRoM THE SuGaR MAPLE TO THE TURPENTINE TREE 
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 pot 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 experienced 
them is likely to forget them. 
To the unfortunate who has 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 
FE wn who had the good fortune to be 
[VoLumE X]—Cuapter VIII] 
