SUGAR MAPLE. HARD MAPLE. ROCK MAPLE. 



Acer Saccharum Marsh. ^ 



Fig. 379. Branchlet with mature leaves and fruit and a detached leaf showing galls of a mite 

 {Eriophyes acericola Garm.), which commonly infests this tree, i ; branchlets in winter, 2. 



380. Trunk of tree. The squirrel was a wild gray squirrel, which, on account of scarcity 

 of food in the forest, resorted to the author's grounds, where food and shelter were offered it. 

 It remained all winter and was photographed when about to partake of a breakfast. 



381. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



