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Striped Maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum), easily distinguished 

 from the others by its vertically striped bark, and large, 

 thin, three-pointed, double-toothed leaf ; the Silver Maple 

 (A. dasycarpiim), with the under side of its five-lobed leaf 



Norway Maple. 



distinctly silver white, and its almost weeping branches; 

 the Red Maple (^.4. rubruni), with its red flowers, its red- 

 dish branches, and the bright dark red of its young twigs ; 

 the Norway Maple (A. j)Jatanoides), with its beautiful 

 green flowers, coming from exquisitely colored buds. 



