SPRING NATURE STUDY. 



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Rock or Su- 

 gar Maple. 

 (See Fig. 60.) 

 Ovoid or egg 

 shaped. Trunk 

 extending one 

 third to one- 

 half the height of tree. 

 Lower branches nearly 

 horizontal, upper 

 branches more and 

 more nearly vertical. 

 Bark rough on trunk and 

 on largest branches. Twigs, 

 buds, and leaves in pairs 

 (opposite). Leaves and 

 flowers as in Fig. 61. 



White or Silver Leafed 

 Maple. Form a longer or 

 higher ovoid. Outline more 

 ragged or ir- 

 regular than 

 in sugar ma- 

 ple because of 

 projecting 

 branches. 

 Branches 

 more numer- 

 ous. Bark with 

 wider strips on 

 trunk, smooth 

 and light gray Fig - 62 - mite or siluer Maple - 



on most branches. Leaves as in Fig. 62 ; light beneath. 

 Otherwise resembling sugar or rock maple. 



Mathews's " Kamilfar Trees and their Leaves." 

 Copyright, 1806, by D. Appleton c. Co. 



