FOREST TREES 227 
The Maple and the Sycamore may be taken together, 
for they have much in common. Both have. five-lobed 
leaves, those of the Sycamore being slightly serrated as 
well, Both also have two-lobed fruits, provided with 
wings. Besides the difference in size—the Maple is quite 
a small tree—one may note that the Maple’s cluster 
of flowers is erect, the Sycamore’s drooping; the two 
wings of the Maple seeds are almost in a straight line, 
the Sycamore’s curved into a U, with the seeds at the 
base. The Maple is also noted for its very rugged and 
corky bark. The Sycamore honey appears to have a 
fatal fascination for bees, for when the tree is in flower, 
they may be found beneath it in a state of disgraceful 
and hopeless intoxication. 
The Lime has a fairly. smooth trunk and a general 
outline much like that of the Elm, but the twigs are not 
so finely divided, and there is less regularity in the 
branching. The leaves are heart-shaped and slightly 
toothed. The flowers and seeds have been described 
already. 
Although this chapter is of British trees, one must say 
a word or two upon the Horse-chestnut, which was intro- 
duced in the sixteenth century to England. The earliest 
leaf to fall at autumn is the five-fingered foliage of the 
Horse-chestnut, -but it is also one of the earliest to 
welcome the coming of spring, and one may thank the 
introducer with sincerity for the towers of pink and 
white bloom and the glossy brown seeds. In winter, its 
rather coarse branches and twigs, and the swelling buds 
at the end of the latter, save us from confusing it with 
any other species. 
