Foster, Edwin W · Boston : Ginn and Company · leaf 110
don the under side with awhite down called fungus. The wood of the sycamore,as it is incorrectly called, isvaluable for cabinetwork, having a beautiful grain andtaking a high polish. It is, however, difficult to work,and has a tendency to warp. 53. Sweet Gum. The sweet-gum tree also produces acrop… … Fig. 111. Leaf of Button wood 102 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING The leaves of the sweet gam, or liquid amher — socalled from the amber-colored gam the tree gives out —remind one of the starfish, being five-fingered and decid-edly different from any leaf in the forest. The treegrows to a height of one…
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