DECIDUOUS TREES. Te 
the larger trees. Very common in swamps throughout the 
country. Grows sixty to seventy feet high, with stem one 
to three feet in diameter. 
Red Maple as it appears when but a few inches high, hav- 
ing produced but two pairs 
of leaves, the lower pair be- 
ing those that were contain- 
ed in the seed, and termed 
cotyledons. 
Acer spicatum (Mountain 
Maple).—This is only a tall 
shrub; very common at the 
North, but of no value for its 
wood, 
Acer Necunpo (Ash- 
Leaved Maple, Negundo 
Mapile).—This is sometimes 
called Negundo aceroides. 
It is a small tree with light 
yellowish green branches, 
used only as an-ornamental 
tree; seeds ripen middle to 
last of summer; common 
West and South. 
Fig. 19 represents a seedling 
Sy 
Fig. 19. 
FOREIGN SPECIES, 
ACER PLATANOIDES (Norway Maple).—Leaves similar 
in appearance to the Sugar Maple, but larger and of more 
substance; seeds ripen in the fall, and are considerably 
larger than our native species, except perhaps the Oregon 
