THE MAPLE. 

 ACER CAMPESTRE. PL 6. 



Fructification. Flowers, fertile and barren 

 upon the fame tree : the chives in 

 both, eight in number. In the fer- 

 tile, the feed-bud changes into two 

 ^apfules united at the bafe, and ter- 

 minating above in large membranous 

 wings, with a fingle feed in each. 



Specific charafter. Leaves lobed, blunt, 

 notched. 



THE maple is a tree of no great figure, 

 and with us chiefly grows in thickets and 

 hedges as an underwood. It may, how- 

 ever, be trained to a confiderable height. 

 Its wood is foft and fine-grained, and is 

 excellent for the turner's ufe, who can 

 bring it to an almoft tranfparent thinnefs. 

 It excels beech for the purpofe of making 

 ups, dimes, and the like ; and is often 

 4 mentioned 



