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seed is distinguished from that of other maples by 

 measuring one inch from wing to wing, while the others 

 measure two inches ; and the colour, too, is reddish. 



5 — Seed of red maple. 

 4 . — Leaf of red maple. 



whereas the colour of the other maples is yellow or 

 whitish. The cut 3, represents the red-maple ; the cut 4 

 the leaf, and the cut 5 the seed. 



Acer Saccharinum — Sugar-Maple. 

 The most interesting tree of this part of the world. 

 The numerous good qualities of this species, its useful- 

 ness in joiners', cabinet-makers', and cartwrights' work, 



6. — Acer saccharinum — Sugar-maple. 



its goodness as firewood, and the value of its sap, con- 

 taining, as it does five per cent of sugar, together with the 

 unrivalled beauty of its foliage, have caused its adoption, 



