Liquidambar is a fairly common street tree in LA, and in the fall they smell like semen. So that's perhaps one way to tell-- AK
mIEKAL aND wrote: > perhaps its Liquidambar styraciflua, sweet gum > > there are other trees known as gum trees from australia, eucalypts & > acacias but I doubt they would be growing in nyc.... > > mIEKAL > > On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 10:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The friend I went with said it was a gum tree, but I don't know what > > that is. > > She's checking the book for me. And yes there is another one near it, > > but I > > don't remember if George planted it. > > > > benJAmin > > > > > mIEKAL aND > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <www.dreamtimevillage.org> | <www.cla.umn.edu/joglars>

