THE MAPLE. 



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FLOWERS OF A 

 CULTIVATED MAPLE. 



CULTIVATED MAPLES. 



A drawing of the exquisite flower-head of a Garden Maple is given. 

 The growth of the raceme is less formal that that of the Field 



Maple, while the single 

 6^) ,<r^r\fy^ t>^^ ^ blossoms are larger. The 



foliage is finer, and a more 

 geometrical exactness of out- 

 line is noticeable in the deep and sharply-cut lobes, whether of the 

 single leaf or of the leaf-pairs when seen from above. Attention 

 has already been drawn to the pattern which results in the case of 



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