THE MAPLE. 



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PLAN OF LEAF OF A CULTIVATED MAPLE. 

 (Compare the lobe arrangement with that of the Wild Maple.' 



are supported on long green and red footstalks. The new shoot varies 

 in colour from mealy grey to crimson. 



By the middle of May the leaves are almost all fully developed, 

 and have taken up the horizontal position they finally occupy, while 

 the flowers are still in bud. In August the colouring of the foliage 

 changes to a dull dark green, inclining to purple, and later in the 



