16. 
THE MAPLE. 
Acer campestre. 
Prare 3, Fre. 4, 
a) ys OXESS known—at least by towns- 
5 , Z. \ people—than its much larger and 
more robust relative the Sycamore, 
the Common or Field Maple is, 
nevertheless, what the Sycamore 
as is not, a native of Britain. It 
wp very frequently does not attain even the 
A size of a Tree, being more commonly 
Ma seen, where it often grows as an abun- 
dant shrub, m hedgerows, in the country. 
Though—even as a Tree—its height does not 
often exceed twenty or thirty feet, it sometimes 
exceeds forty feet. It is easily recognized by its 
