Pistillate flCTwers (enlarged) SUniiuaie flowers (enlarged) i 



THE SILVER MAPLE {Acer saccharinum) 



The flowers come out before the leaves in March or early April. They may be on separate, or on the same trees. Ti 

 red-forked tongues of the pistillate flowers soon wither, and the horns of the keys rise. The staminate flowers are yellow. T, 

 keys are more or less spreading. They are fuzzv until nearly ripe. They fall in May or earlier, and must germinate forthwi 

 or they die. The deeply cut leaves are silver-lined. i 



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