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436 The Book of Woodcraft Sweet Gum, Star-Leaved or Red Gum, Bilsted, Alli- gator Tree or Liquidambar {Liquidambar Styraciflua) A tall tree up to 150 feet high of low, moist woods, re- markable for the corky ridges on its bark, and the unsplit- able nature, of its weak, warping, perishable timber. Heart- wood reddish brown, sap white; heavy, weighing 37 lbs. to cubic foot. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long. Mass. to Mo. and south to Gulf. Sycamore, Plane Tree, Buttonball or Buttonwood {Plataniis occidentalis) One of the largest of our trees; up to 140 feet high; com- monly hollow. Wood, Ught brownish, weak; hard to spht; heavy for its strength. A cubic foot weighs 35 lbs. Little
