STUDIES OF TREES IN WINTER 



to our climate as our native basswood, but it 

 seems to be more generally planted in our city 

 streets, in spite of this fact. 



The Hamamelis family is a small order of 

 trees and shrubs with two genera in the United 

 States, — the Hamamelis and Liquidambar ; 

 each genus has but one species. 



A large tree, 30 to 150 feet 



Sweet 'cum ' ^'-^g^^^ with deeply furrowed bark. 

 Liquidambar styra- Tkc twip^s are covered with corky 

 ridges, llie leaf-scars are alter- 

 nate. The buds are reddish in color and smooth. 

 The pith is in the form of a pentagon when the 

 twig is cut across. The fruit is a round, dry, 

 open, rough catkin hanging on the tree through 

 the winter. 



The liquidamber is at all times beautiful, 



and in winter the broad, corky wings along 



the twigs give it a singular appearance, adding 



much to one's interest in the tree. It is 



unusual to find so much color in corky ridged 



stems as in those of the hquidamber. The 



stems of the cork elm and the mossy cup oak 



have these peculiar corky layers, but neither 



of them have smooth, polished stems between 



the broken ridges, nor such radiant color as 



those of the liquidamber. When this tree 



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