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STiniKS OK 'I'KKES 



Fig. 19. — Alternate BranchinK (Beech.) 



If it is not a horse- 

 chestnut nor an ash 

 and its small buds have 

 many scales covering 

 them, the specimen 

 with l)ranchcs and l)Utls 

 opposite must then l;e 

 a viable. Each of the 

 maples has one charac- 

 ter which distinguishes 

 it from all the other 

 majiles. For the sugar 

 maple, this distinguish- 

 ing character is the 

 sharp poijit of the bud. 

 For the silver maple 

 it is the bend in the ter- 

 minal twig. For the red 

 maple it is the smooth 

 gray-colored bark. For 

 the Norway maple it is 

 the reddish brown color 

 of the full, round bud, 

 and for the box elder 

 it is the greenish color 

 of its terminal twig. 



The form of the 

 tree and the leaves are 

 also characteristic in 

 each of the maples, but 

 for the beginner who 

 does not wish to be 

 burdened with too 



