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Red, Scarlet, Water or Swamp Maple {Acer rubrum) A fine tree the same size as the preceding. Noted for its flaming crimson foHage in fall, as well as its red leaf- stalks, flowers and fruit earUer. Its wood is light-colored, tinged reddish, close-grained, smooth with varieties of grain, as in Sugar Maple; heavy. A cubic foot weighs 39 lbs. Leaves 2 to 6 inches long. Que. to Minn, and So. to Gulf. Box Elder or Ash-Leated Maple {Acer Negundo) A small tree, 40 to 50 up to 70 feet high, found chiefly along streams. Wood pale, soft, close-grained, light. A cubic foot weighs 27 lbs. Poor fuel. Makes paper-pulp. Leaflets 2 to 4 inches long. Mass. to Br. Col. south to Mex. and Ala.