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" Yes ; sugar may be obtained from all the 

 maples ; and the sugar of this kind is very- 

 white, and has a more pleasant taste than that 

 of the sugar maple." 



" Well, then, Uncle Philip, why do not they 

 call it the sugar maple ? I should think they 

 would give that name to the tree that gives 

 the best sugar." 



" The reason is, that the white maple does 

 not give as much sap as the sugar maple, and 

 the same quantity of sap only gives half as 

 much sugar ; and this is the case with the 

 other kinds, too." 



" Uncle Philip, there is a maple-tree down 

 by the river that has very pretty red blos- 

 soms ; is that a white maple ?" 



" No, that is another kind, and takes its 

 name from the blossoms ; it is called the red- 

 flowering maple : it grows very abundantly 

 all over the United States, and particularly in 

 the Middle and Southern : you are almost 

 sure to find it wherever there is a brook or a 

 swamp. It has a very beautiful appearance 

 in the spring, when it is covered with flowers \ 

 and the wood is put to several uses." 



" Oh, I am glad to hear that, Uncle Philip , 

 I do not like the trees that are good for 



