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THE SYCAMORE. 



abound in honey, not only are very numerous, but appear 

 at a season when the supply of honey-bearing flowers is 

 limited. 



FLOW Kits OF SVCAMORK 



WINGED SEKD-VESSEL OF SYCAMORK. 



As soon as the flower is withered and has fallen off, the 

 seed-vessels enlarge and acquire a reddish hue, which 

 indeed in the autumn characterises the whole tree. 



"Nor unnoticed pass 

 The Sycamore, capricious in attire ; 

 Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet 

 Has changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright." 



OOWPER. 



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