ILLINOIS TREES: SELECTION. PLANTING. AND CARE 



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Fig. 74.— The slow- 

 growing, sturdy, sugar 

 maple is prized for the 

 autumn color of its five- 

 lobed leaves (inset), 

 which varies from 

 bright yellow to bril- 

 liant scarlet. 



Fig. 75.— The fast- 

 growing silver maple 

 produces long, slender 

 branches that are easily 

 broken by wind and ice. 

 The leaves (inset) are 

 more deeply lobed than 

 the leaves of sugar ma- 

 ple. 



