40 THE CANADIAN FORESTER'S. 



conjointxy with the industrious beaver, as the emblem 

 of the French-Canadian nationality. The sugar-maple 

 delights more especially in hilly districts, and in spots 

 where the soil is dry, stony or gravelly, rich and light. 

 Sandy land suits it least of all. The seed ripens in 

 autumn, and should be sown at once. It might succeed 

 if kept in dampish sand all the winter and sown in 

 spring. The appearance of the seed is peculiar ; it is like a 

 double samarre with wings opposite each other. A pound 

 contains eight th'^usand seeds, which should be covered 



8. — Seed of sugar-maple. 

 7. — Leaf of sugar-maple. 



one inch deep when sown. Slow enougn is. the growth 

 of this tree, particularly at first, but when mature, it 

 arrives at a height of eighty feet, measuring three feet 

 in diameter at the base, and sometimes even more. Fine 

 plants from self-sown seed are often found in the under- 

 wood ; they are easily transplanted, and take almost 

 invariably. It is a mere waste of time to attempt to set 

 out large tre s of this species : th®y hardly ever succeed. 

 Engraving 6, p. 39, represents the sugar-maple, engrav- 

 ing 7 the leaf and 8 the seed of this maple. 

 Acer Spicatum — Mountain-Maple. 



This kind of maple, common enougn m 



this country, never grows above fifteen feet 



high. I only mention it because it does well 



''"fahvm°pi^-^"°" in dry rocky soils, and on the slopes of moun- 



m.igr,ified. tains. In these spots, it should be allowed to 



grow from the stump after cutting — a natural habit of 



