PLATE VIII. TYPES OF FLOWERS. 



1. Sweet Gum (staminate heads), x J. 



2. Sweet Gum (a pistillate head), x i. 



3. Common Locust (a drooping raceme), x i. 



4. Striped Maple (a drooping staminate raceme), x J. 



5. Striped Maple (a drooping pistillate raceme), x 5. 



6. Red Maple (staminate fascicles), x J. 



7. Red Maple (pistillate fascicles), x J. 



8. Basswood (a drooping cyme), x J. 



9. Flowering Dogwood (a dense cluster), x J. 



10. White Ash (a staminate panicle), x i. 



11. White Ash (a pistillate panicle), x J. 



12. Rhododendron (a single flower), x i. 



13. Wild Black Cherry (a raceme), x |. 



14. Buttonwood (a head), x |. 



