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Fig. 10. The Maple framed in by Elms. 



Fig-. 11. The Maple in sunlight and shadow. 



the bright tints at sunset or at dawn. ^Ye can watch the changes 

 in the tree itself, can note in winter its type of branching and the 

 fine penciling of its twigs against the sky, in spring the opening 

 of its buds and the rapid growth of flower and leaf, in summer the 

 full foliage, in autumn the rich leaf coloring and the fall of leaf 

 and fruit. 



A swing hangs from a broad spreading lower limb. Children 

 play about it. Eobins have built their nests in its branches and 

 here they rear their young. Throughout the long, hot summer 

 days its dense covering of leaves gives a grateful shade below. To 



