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ACERINE^. 



[part 



Maple (Acer saccharinum) . The flowers of the 

 red American Maple (Acer ruhrum) are red, and 

 as from their colour, and their appearing a 

 fortnight before the leaves, they are very con- 

 spicuous, I have given a magnified representa- 

 tion of them in Jig. 126, that my readers may 

 have an opportunity of examining the male 



FxG. 125. — Flowers and Samara of the Noravay ]\Iaple. 



