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often find a leaf larger, heavier, and coarser than any 

 of the others. This Yariet3% like the Norway, is an 

 importation from Emope, known as the sycamore VLaple 

 because of its resemblance to the sycamore leaf. It is 

 easily identified by its large size, coarseness, the very 

 long, thick red stem, and by the fact that its entire 

 edge is finely toothed, — in 

 which point it differs from 

 all the foregoing varieties. 

 Its value as a shade tree is 

 nearly equal to the Norway, 

 and in Europe it is often 

 planted in preference to all 

 other maples. 



38. The Striped Maple. 

 Growing in tlie shade of 

 other trees and forming part 

 of the undergrowth of our 

 North woods is a small tree 

 known as the striped maple, 

 from the stripes which run 

 up and down its bark. The New England name for this 

 little mountain tree is mooseivood, from the fact that 

 the moose is very fond of the bark and twigs, which 

 form his chief food in winter. Tlie leaves are quite 

 large, but very thin, soft, and delicate. 



Fig. 9-3. The Striped Maple, or 

 JIoose\vood 



