Bleeding Wounds Do Not Endanger Our Friendly Trees Around February and tradition al St. Valentine's Day. freedom has more than its quota of "bleeding hearts " That is because! some arboreal friends, notably maples and to leaser extent birches, have a profuse sap flow from bark wounds. But tree friends needn't be alarmed. This is a seasonal phenomenon. Actually, the bleed ing. which on cold days may form spectacular "icicles ' ordinarily is not harmful to the tries. Amateur tree docs frequently wsualize this display as comparable to the loss of blood in humans. Nothing could be further from the truth. Invariably, howevei. appeals for help flood tree experts in all parts of the country. Woined home o\\ ners are reassured in short order that everything is as nature intended. Loss of sap seldom perils the trees. Dramatic pioot is the thriv ing maple sugar industry in Ver mont. New Hampshire and other sections where native maples thrive. Ai nually. these trees are taliped for their luscious product. Some nave been giving of then sap for more than a century with no apparent adverse effect. In bleeding, the sap so spec tacularly spilled consists mainly of water. This is easily replaced by the root system. Sugar and some minerals are included in the run-off. But normally healthy trees continue to thrive. Florence was the capital of Italy for the country s first six yeacs as a kingdom classes as round. V. or what have you A sheet plywood V-bottom or semiround bottom designed by a real expert and powered as he intended may not only lie taster but more seaworthy, too. than a rcundbottom the lines ol which aren't so good

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