STUDIES OF TREES IN WINTER 



trees, and after eight years' growth thirteen 

 thousand posts were cut and sold for thirteen 

 hundred dollars, and the remaining trees were 

 improved rather than harmed by this thinning 

 out. 



The Latin name, spcciosa (well-formed), refers 

 to the beautiful flowers of this tree. The 

 catalpa grows wild in the Middle West, and is 

 cultivated commonly in parks and gardens in 

 the Northeastern States. 



The SimaroubacecB family is a small order 

 of trees and shrubs found in the South, with' 

 one genus in the North, a cultivated and widely 

 naturalized tree, — the ailanthus from China. 



Ailanthus; "^ ^"'^S^ ^^^'^' ^^'^^^ S^^y '^'^^^• 

 Tree of Very large, coarse twigs with 



eaven brown pith. Larpc alternate leaf- 



Ailanlhiis gianaidosa -/ o j 



scars, V-shaped, or heart-shaped, 

 with iitimerous bundle-scars. The buds are 

 small, round, and inconspicuous, ajid covered 

 with two scales. The terminal buds are lacking. 

 The fruit is winged, like that of the ash, but its 

 seed is in the centre. The dry clusters of fruit 

 hang on soine trees through the winter. 



The ailanthus, like the Kentucky coffee tree, 

 is destitute of small spray among its branches, 

 but it would never be confused with that tree 



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