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NATURE STUDY 



Asia Minor that he camped a huge army of a hundred 

 and seventy thousand soldiers under its shade, and there 

 kept them day after day. When finally he could remain 



no longer, he deco- 

 rated it with neck- 

 laces, collars of gold, 

 and jewels, leaving 

 some of his soldiers 

 in charge of it. 



These are the trees, 

 too, which the Greeks 

 planted in groves 

 round their schools 

 striped Maple, and academies. 



The Maples : 



This is a most important family of trees, giving us 

 not only magnifi- 

 cent shade in sum- 

 mer, and the distinc- 

 tive beauty of our 

 autumn woods, but 

 also a large variety 

 of useful products, 

 including sugar and 

 timber. The wood 

 is used for fuel and 

 in manufacture, be- 

 ing both durable 

 and wonderfully 

 beautiful. 



The commonest of 



the maples* are the Silver or white Maple. 



* In the Middle Atlantic States. 



