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THE ROCK MAPLE. 



Glory, said to oe a native of India. It is cultivated by cuttings, and 

 seldom flowers. The potatoes are tubers growing from the stem as 

 short underground branches. They serve the plant as reservoirs of 





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surpiLis staicii and sugai lor 

 its use in early Spiing, 



Jalap, a well known diug, is the loot of 

 l^ Ipomoia fmrgd of Mexico. 



Scammon} is tlie loot of ContCildulus Scam- 

 mon'.um of Syria. 



LI. THE ROCK 

 MAPLE. 



Description. 



— Tliib A al liable 

 tree, known as 

 the liock Maple 

 (n* Sugar Maple, 

 izrowte in forests, 

 p e n i n g s, or 

 fields, from Can- 

 ada to the moun- 

 tain ^ of Georgia, 

 and from Nova 



Fig LI. — Acci "-ac- 

 charinum — the Sugai 

 Maple Sugai making 

 111 New HamptehuL. 



Scotia to the Rocky Mountains. It is 

 most abundant in the New England 

 States, Avhere it is an embellishment 



