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THE CANADIAN FORESTER S 



Acer Ruhrum — Red-Maple. 



After the sugar-maple, the red maple is the most 

 valuable. It differs from the former in that it prefers 

 a damp habitat. Seldom more than fifty 'feet high, 



2- — Seed of stiiped-maple. 



I. — Acer Pennsylvanicum 

 Leaf ofslriped-mapie. 



it ripens its seed in June, and the sooner after 

 maturity this is sown the better. Earely can good 

 seed of this tree be bought, as if it once gets dry, it is 

 "worthless. With a sap less rich in sugar, the wood of 



3. — Acer rubriim — Red-maple. 



the red maple is also inferior to the wood of the suf^ar- 

 maple, but, en revanche, it grows much more rapidly. 

 The colour of its flowers gives its name to the tree. The 



