MOUNTAIN TREES 



congregate in great numbers about the 

 open flowers with their unconcealed 

 nectaries. The long-tongued bees and 

 butterflies seldom visit them, well know- 

 ing that the sweeter, surer supplies of 

 nectar are hidden in deeper and more 

 showy flower-cups. 



ACER, L., pointed, its light hard wood being used to 

 form javelins. The English name is of uncertain origin. 



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