Foster, Edwin W · Boston : Ginn and Company · leaf 103
TREES HAVING COMPOUND LEAVES 93 eleven. The wood is hard, tough, and elastic, has ahandsome grain, and is used for many purposes besidesmaking oars, such as furniture, carriages, and thosefarm implements which require strength. The Indiancould find no better wood for his bow, and even Cupidis said… … Fig. 103. The American Elm every visitor and native of that section of country, whereit is found along every roadway and in every city. Who can think of New England without its nobleelms ? It would indeed be a different country. The 94 TREES HAVING SIMPLE LEAVES 95 elm may be said to represent New…
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